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Last week, Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management advanced out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Comm…
Hikers are flooding our public lands, so I ask the question: Why can’t people just leave the poor rocks alone?
As a proud product of Montana public schools, most recently finishing a degree in biochemistry at Montana State, I have had a lifelong dream o…
I used to dismiss as a peculiar form of psychosis, the desire of some troubled souls to silence and censor the right of others to speak and th…
Montanans used to joke that we had two distinct seasons: winter and road construction.
Would you want to camp next to a smelly dumpster? How about if you knew dumpsters in public campgrounds can attract bears? What if that agency…
This week, the Senate is set to take up the confirmation of David Chipman to head the ATF. The ATF is the federal agency tasked with enforcing…
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Hosts Alison Dagnes and Lawrence Eppard are joined by political scientist Lonce Bailey who quizzes them about their U.S. government knowledge!
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a policy statement about its intention to pursue enforcement action aga…
We know from the 2021 legislative session that Montana Republicans, the elected variety at least, are far right politically. But are they als…
She is 8 years old.
In a Tweet before July 4th, the White House proudly announced some supposedly exciting news: “The cost of a 4th of July Cookout in 2021 is Dow…
Tracy Stone-Manning and I both worked in the United States Senate in 2008. As part of being Senate staffers we were given frequent and detaile…
Episode 17: The hosts also debate whether teens should be able to get vaccinated without their parents’ consent and discuss a study that shows…
Opinion: When we take care of our waters, we take care of ourselves.
In 1995, Congress passed the now infamous “Salvage Rider,” which effectively suspended environmental safeguards for three years allowing the U…
Rep. Kelly Kortum, a Bozeman Democrat, recently published an opinion column attacking the very bipartisan effort to build up Montana’s broadba…
For years, Senator Jon Tester has tried to convince the staunchly pro-Second Amendment people of Montana that he is "one of them," saying thin…
We've long known that the best way to tackle tough problems is to listen to folks around the kitchen table or at the local tavern. It’s import…
I went to Mass Sunday morning through dense smoke and intense heat, and thanks to the COVID pandemic, I had to give the sign of peace rather t…
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen is endangering the health of Montana children. For years, the successful Comprehensive Scho…
Cotton opinion: Spend a little time going off the beaten path, get to know the state and its people, and I’m sure you’ll fit right in.
Republicans came into office this winter promising to create economic opportunity for Montana families, but their actions since then have betr…
Hosts Alison Dagnes and Lawrence Eppard are joined by economists Heidi Hartmann and Ariane Hegewisch to discuss the gender pay gap in the Unit…
We live in ignorant times.
Ochenski opinion: If anyone thinks it’s more important to have another aircraft carrier than to allow the senior citizens who built this natio…
Two facts are clear about this summer of 2021. First, it’s hot, darned hot, record-smashing hot. Second, it’s dry, extremely dry, so dry that …
