Uncommon Ground

Uncommon Ground

Not for Sale

Thousands of working Montanans who enjoy public lands for hunting, fishing and recreating are suddenly paying more attention

By Mike Jopek
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Talking with Homeowners

We gotta make sure working people can keep affording to live here

By Mike Jopek
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Spirit of 76

Lawmakers could help Montanans by not making living in our homes way more expensive

By Mike Jopek
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One Million Acres

Selling our way of life is a bad idea and everyone outside the lobbyist-infested Capitol knows it

By Mike Jopek
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Hard of Hearing

How can Montana be a working-class state when workers cannot afford a home?

By Mike Jopek
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The Jobs Lie

I could have sworn Montana Republicans who run the state promised more jobs just months ago

By Mike Jopek
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Eye-popping Numbers

Middle-class Montana is getting hosed and you should at least know

By Mike Jopek
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Tricky Coyotes

Lawmakers are making old-time homeowners pay way more state property taxes so maybe some newcomers might move to Montana

By Mike Jopek
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Hope is No Plan

It’s hard to fathom the amount of chaos when temperatures swing wildly

By Mike Jopek
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Welcome 2025

Before warped principles told the county to reject $9 million for Flathead housing, our leaders were busy bashing the homeless

By Mike Jopek
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Stocking Stuffers

I’m grateful for life and family, indebted by your kindness and generosity

By Mike Jopek
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Comic Reality

Four of the five top elected politicians in Montana are gazillionaires who live in the Bozeman area

By Mike Jopek
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Thanksgiving Tax

It seems lawmakers won’t be completely happy until homes pay all of the local property taxes and industry pays none

By Mike Jopek
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Dark Clouds Ahead

The millionaires, billionaires, and tech giants now run our government in Washington, D.C. and Montana

By Mike Jopek
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Tester Time

You have one vote to protect your rights, to assure that Montana remains the kind of place where you want to raise a family

By Mike Jopek