Guest Column

Guest Column

Can Montana Elder Care Survive the Montana Legislature?

As facilities with skilled nursing and 24-7 caregivers shut their doors, families are seeing their loved ones shipped hundreds of miles away — only to see that facility close a few months late

By Margie McDonald
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Fighting for Montana Values

It’s the honor of a lifetime to serve Montanans in the United States Senate, and I’m looking forward to a new year of working to bring Montana values to Washington

By Steve Daines
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Montana Taxpayers Deserve A Refund

House Bill 192 entails three initiates: refund taxpayers on overpaid income taxes, alleviate the property tax crunch and reduce the state’s debt

By Montana House Leadership
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Taxpayers Say ‘No’ to IRS Expansion

The vast majority of Americans file their taxes on time and pay their fair share. There are real problems that need to be fixed in our tax system, but taxpayers are not the source of those problems.

By Cary Smith
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Beware of Deregulation

It is baffling that big business is now viewed as more virtuous than our public institutions

By Ken Toole
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Our Elder Care Economy is Broken

We urge Governor Gianforte, and members of the 2023 Montana Legislature, to please fix the rate reimbursement for nursing homes

By Mary Armstrong
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We Need Legislation that Solves Problems

Montana’s 68th Legislature will need all the civility it can muster as it takes on one of the most interesting scenarios our state has faced – the surplus

By Courtenay Sprunger
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Gianforte Needs to Honor His Promise

Montanans won’t rest until the state’s budget permanently and generously funds Habitat Montana, securing access to and protecting the value of our state’s treasured outdoor spaces

By Marne Hayes
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What is Your Legislator Focused On?

It is time for us to get to work, just as it is time for you to hold us accountable. Keep demanding that this government of, by, and for the people does its job for you and for all of us

By Alice Buckley
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Middle-Class Politeness

Harassing people in a public meeting is wrong, but it is just as wrong for the person in charge of that meeting to allow the harassment

By Jim Elliott