Guest Column

Pull back the curtain and it’s pretty clear that the end game here is not to transfer public lands to the state, but to “transfer them” once and for all, to private hands

Protecting public lands is not a partisan issue – 59 percent of Republicans and 67 percent of Independents agree on supporting enhanced protections for public lands

It’s time to give serious consideration to turning federal public land over to the State of Montana so people in Montana are accountable to the citizens for management of our public land

The Wilderness Act has been lauded by people as diverse as Dick Cheney and former Montana Sen. Lee Metcalf

Asking Montana to sit out the opportunity to supply our coal to meet the world’s energy demand will cost our state billions of dollars

No matter what opinions we may have of labor unions, it was organized labor that created this holiday and a couple of other observances that we may take for granted

Without question the combination of Charlie and Nancy Russell was a winning one

We may not all agree with his every vote, but I suspect we all recognize that he was doing his level best to represent the people of Montana and our nation

Coal-fired power plants should be required to curb emissions

We came perilously close – again – to letting the Highway Trust Fund run out of money, and we must stop governing by crisis

Many wonder if our students can learn and absorb more than they are presently given. The answer – yes they can!

Let me break it to you, the oil and gas industry is not subsidized – that is, they don’t receive direct government payments to augment their revenue stream

People – citizens – invested in corporations, but corporations were not people, corporations were not citizens

The reality of the western United States is that water is clearly the new gold