Posts By: Tristan Scott

Proud to Fulfill Promises to Montanans

In the second half of the legislative session, we will be focused on returning more of the $2 billion surplus to Montanans and passing a conservative state budget

By Montana House Leadership

Moderate Listed as Endangered

Mike Mansfield, the long-serving U.S. Senate Majority Leader from Montana, who frequently frustrated hardline members of his Democratic party when reaching across the political aisle, would take keen interest in the ongoing 68th session of the Montana Legislature

By John McCaslin

Nerding Out with Maps

As spring approaches another kind of map draws my attention: the U.S. Department of Agriculture Snow Water Equivalent maps of Montana river basins

By Rob Breeding

Stand for Judicial Independence

When self-serving political interests propose and advocate so-called “reforms” in the next few weeks, let your legislator know where you stand – with judicial independence and against those who threaten it

By American Board of Trial Advocates

What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander

The choice to cast out those Republicans among us that offer a different viewpoint and focus on civility, bipartisanship, and virtue while tethered to the principles of the Republican Party marks a new low for this authoritarian-run group    

By Tammi Fisher

Brine-Braised Breakfast Potatoes

Pouring all that tasty “pickle juice” into the compost after I fish the last pickle from a jar just feels wrong. Fortunately, it has many uses.

By Julie Laing

The Cardinal Rule

My first journalism job was equal parts fascinating and frightening, in part because the crime beat provided a front-row seat to a veritable theater of the macabre, but also because I was paralytically shy, a condition whose code I’d been trying to override since childhood.

By Tristan Scott

We Can Solve Homelessness If We Work Together

Every other major city across the state is working with their local providers and creating solutions that meet their community’s most dire needs. We believe that hand-in-hand we can solve this together.

By Executive Board of Collaborative Housing Solutions

Crowded Skies of Spring

During this present Spring of Deception, it is warm enough on the Great Plains that I’ve resumed my afternoon jogs. I run on a trail near the river where the migrating birds are staging before they push on for the Northwest Territories.

By Rob Breeding

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