Senate Bill 525 has bipartisan support and is a much needed and reasonable step in the right direction to address overcrowded hunting in Montana.
I am writing to express my full support for Linda Cleatus for the School District #1 School Board position.
To the sponsor and legislators who may support SB 99.
I have wonderful news for Montana’s public employees and for workers across the state: House Bill 13 sailed unmolested through the Republican Legislature and will be signed by our out-of-state, right-wing, conservative Christian governor.
Across our nation, and in Montana, we are seeing angry ignorance determined to demonize teaching of American history, personal health care and harmless social behaviors.
Montana is among many states that are pathetically ill-equipped to assist victims and survivors of psychological abuse.
On May 2, we should support our public school levies, because schools are remarkable examples of what we can achieve, for ourselves and for one another, when we work together.
The proposed Black Butte underground copper mine in White Sulphur Springs is one of the best engineered mining projects in the world.
Please, in the interests of humanity, vote against Senate Bills 458 and 99.
Law is public, societal, written, and enforceable. Individual conscience is free belief; it rightly has no bounds or legal consequences. As law, however, individual conscience won’t and can’t work.
The author’s concern with the loss of privacy and freedom should logically extend beyond an expansion of the IRS. Most people likely favor the idea that all pay their fair share in taxes.
Save Helena Westside provided the city a feasibility study with a way to construct a new road, on property currently owned by American Storage West.
Why do Montanans see themselves as "tough" for not calling school when road conditions are horrendous?
Back in the '80s and '90s, our utility rates under Montana Power were some of the lowest in the country.
A few years ago, our Montana Legislature considered a bill to ban yoga pants, can you imagine?
If Tester wants to get re-elected he needs to represent Montanans, not Washington Democrats.
I agree with state Sen. Bogner (IR guest view March 10) that it’s not a good idea for the IRS to be preparing individual tax returns.
We hear a lot about the danger of "woke" in our culture.
Dear Editor;
Some Montana lawmakers are trying to redirect tens of millions of dollars that were intended by voters to protect wildlife habitat and create public access for our kids.
In an IR editorial, Joanie Kresich (Jan. 26) wrote that the people who created Montana's new Constitution "... were everyday people: ranchers, teachers, homemakers and even a beekeeper from Lewistown.
House Bill 372 would enshrine trapping as a Montana constitutional right. This makes no sense. Once in the Constitution, it would be very hard to get rid of. This awful bill would make lethal hunting, trapping and fishing the sole means of managing Montana’s wildlife.
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As 2023 quickly approaches, many Montanans may start to consider their New Year’s resolutions. If exercising more, eating healthier, losing weight, and living more economically are on your list, you’re not alone. In fact, a survey found those were among the top five resolutions for 2022.
We the people of Montana have one request during your current session: How about we make daylight saving time a permanent deal?
My sister Pat was married to Chuck Johnson so I lucked out and was his brother-in-law.
The governor says Montana’s ready to manage grizzlies. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks draft management plan starts with “Trust Us,” and then proposes to limit Grizzly protection zones as narrowly possible.
On the March 9 opinion page in the IR Senator Becky Beard of District 40 (where I reside) brags about her voting record in the current disastrous legislative session.
The Biden administration is presenting proposals to give the IRS a hefty sum of money that expands their scope of power and hires 87,000 agents, effectively quadrupling the size of the agency.
I am writing to ask people to support SB 298, a bill to allow disabled hunters to use crossbow in archery season.
Whatever happened to the light-hearted days when Montana legislators would boldly ban yoga pants, seriously debate Daylight Saving Time and embarrassingly pass a resolution denying climate change?
As a former special education teacher, I urge everyone who cares about high-quality public education to contact your state senator and the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee to ask them to vote NO on the "Students with Special Needs Equal Opportunity Act."