The 2021 Legislature spent significantly more time debating how to discriminate against transgender kids than it did mitigating rapidly escalating property taxes for homeowners due to the pandemic-era land grab that consumed Montana

If voters throughout Montana don’t turn out to cast ballots, particularly in swing state House districts like Columbia Falls, Whitefish, and Kalispell, the upcoming Legislature will intensify their work to dismantle our constitutional rights and freedoms

If you want change, Jack Fallon is your guy. He won’t appear on the ballot, however; voters must fill in the oval to the left of the empty ballot line and write 'Jack Fallon' in the blank space.

Someday soon, voters will reconcile politics and send people to the state Legislature who align with local priorities

Something happened over the past two years in Montana and suddenly housing and rent is unattainable

House District 3 is one the two independently minded swing districts in the north valley electing Democrats or Republicans based on the candidate

As the north valley continues to rapidly grow, good leadership with a focus on people and jobs, community and schools, teachers and nurses is vital to opportunity remaining achievable to hard-working families

The last state Legislature, led with the help of elected representatives from Kalispell and Columbia Falls, demolished the ability of local communities to enact ordinances that required big development to include a small portion of homes deeded affordable to people who work in the area

Together we are stronger. Lean on others. Find the way forward. 

Meteorologists have been forecasting what the Flathead weather might look like over the decades to follow and no one will like the predictions

Between a pandemic that’s raging into its third year and perennially low wages, a working person is lucky to simply tread water in a turbulent sea of political nonsense

People around Montana work hard trying to make life better for family and community. We get by with what we have, do what we must, and put family, faith and community at the center.

This is Montana, a state where the working class remains active, often managing a seemingly endless supply of tourists patronizing our great hometowns

Gardens boost morale and express patriotism as worldwide supply shortages pound away at our country’s sandy shores

Our solutions lay in community, our belief in others. The loudest, most rabid political rhetoric may feel newsworthy but it won’t help us govern toward a better Montana.