Letters to the Editor
Voices from the community—reader-submitted letters sharing opinions, concerns, and perspectives on local and statewide issues.
OPINION: We aren’t mad enough about PFAS in Montana’s rivers
For many Montanans, rivers and lakes are more than scenic landscapes.
Giving Together: Kiita Foundation scholarships
Spring is just around the corner, and soon more than 1,000 students will be graduating from high schools across the Flathead Valley and embarking on the next chapter of their lives. For many local students who plan…
Exempt well loophole is a handout to developers
It would be an understatement to say our family was concerned when we received news of a major subdivision proposal on the eastern shore of Canyon Ferry.
The one-way property tax ratchet
Kalispell Mayor Mark Johnson recently had some choice words to share about the Montana Legislature’s proposals to rein in the growth of property taxes.
Who will pay for Hertz’s TIF reform? You will.
Tax increment financing is a policy driver that incentivizes private developers to develop in areas they would not otherwise develop, e.g., 100-year-old vacant blighted structures full of contaminants on rural Main…
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The destruction of public education
The Trump administration has drafted an executive order to destroy the Department of Education.
Return the surplus to the people
When will we start respecting Montana’s taxpayers?
Putting families first with paid family leave
Montana families are the backbone of our great state. They raise our children, drive our economy, and embody the values that make Montana strong: hard work, community and resilience.
TIF reform would deliver property tax relief
Property tax relief is a top priority for Senate Republicans this legislative session. I’m sponsoring one such bill, SB 2, which reforms how tax increment financing (TIF) districts sunset — if they ever do — in ord…
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Elk slaughter bill step to end public hunting
Montana is at a crossroads in our management of wildlife. We will either maintain our decades-long tradition in which everyone has equal opportunity to enjoy our public wildlife, or we hand control to a handful of …
Cut the budget, not the Constitution
I had the opportunity during the second George W. Bush administration, to engage in advising struggling democracies in a project then known as “democracy build…