Guest Column

Guest Column

No Meat in Meat Institute’s Claims

A closer examination of a new economic study, commissioned by the packers, claiming that reinstating MCOOL would cost the beef and pork industries over $1 billion annually reveals critical gaps and flawed assumptions

By Walter Schweitzer
Guest Column

The Montana Plan (I-194) is the Answer

How Citizens United opened the door to dark money — and why I-194 would require full donor disclosure in Montana elections

By Belinda Holloway
Guest Column

School Funding Commission Falls Short

The Commission did not achieve its fundamental goal of creating a simpler, more streamlined, and more effective school funding formula

By Becky Beard, Sue Vinton & Lee Deming