Columns

More cooperation is needed to prevent predator impacts

DELL – Our family has raised cattle in southwestern Montana since 1893 , so we have weathered many changes.

Elizabeth II and Marsha Hunt: Two passings that impoverish our memory

As the world knows, the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96, kicking off weeks of national mourning and ceremonies of transition.

On reading and math, the New York Times flunks history

“The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading,” reads a Sept. 1 headline at the New York Times.

Why a Special Session is not a good idea for our surplus

There are legislators working to call a special session 90 days before the next regular legislative session to address the billion plus dollars in surplus taxpayer funds. While the news of a surplus is welcomed, legislators must now decide if a special session is the right format for making decisions on the largest surplus in our state’s history.

Republican maps for Indian Country: Broken Promises

The Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission is responsible for redrawing state legislative districts to reflect every community in Montana. Voters need to be able to elect legislators who represent different viewpoints and can come together to solve the problems our state faces. This responsibility requires the Commission to ensure voices are heard in every part of our state, and no one is left behind. That is why it was so unfortunate that when the Commission proposed maps earlier this month, the Republican Commissioners put forward two proposals that would both eliminate majority-minority districts and quash the possibility for Native Montanans to elect the candidates of their choice.

Politics: The battleground of bigotry

Politics is an ugly, disorienting business these days. There are two teams – red and blue, Democrat and Republican, my team and your team. It is a polarizing state of affairs. Neither team will acknowledge that the other team has ever done anything positive of note and do everything it can, including distort the truth, to convince people the other side is doing significat damage to society.

In the mail

To the editor, Although The Dillon Tribune stands by their coverage of the spat between MAGA citizen and councilwoman, I’m still baffled.

Kansas: What it looks like when the “center” wins

On Aug. 2, voters in Kansas rejected an amendment to the state constitution which would have increased the legislature’s power to regulate (or ban) abortion.

Law enforcement fighting human trafficking, but needs more resources

It’s a horrific reality for Montanans to consider, but human trafficking takes place every day in our state. The odds are most of you have seen it but didn’t know.

The Constitution versus “Independent State Legislature” Theory

Democrats, the Cato Institute’s Andy Craig points out at The Daily Beast, are trafficking in panic over an upcoming Supreme Court case, Moore v. Harper.