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.
Print the news and raise hell
A healthy disregard of powerful government is nothing new. The Constitution set up the American system of government, stating what the three branches of government could do — but there was a serious objection to th…
Sheriffs support Cory Swanson for chief justice
Law enforcement officers dedicate their lives to protecting public safety, maintaining order, and upholding justice. Our jobs are intrinsically tied to Montana’s judiciary. When law enforcement and prosecutors can …
Letters to the editor July 2
Letters to the editor July 2
Letters to the editor July 1
Letters to the editor July 1
There is a way for Montana residential property taxes to go down
The upcoming property tax year could be a little easier on homeowners and renters than last year.
Yes, build in my backyard
Gen Z is too young to remember the “Rent is Too Damn High Party” from 2005. However, they would likely appreciate the spirit of the movement.
Judicial activism or judicial restraint?
Some may consider it mere coincidence that over the past 40 years the Montana Supreme Court has struck down almost every conservative ballot measure (referenda and initiatives) that has come before it, while uphold…
Letters to the editor June 27
Letters to the editor June 27
Housing the rich in one town, the workers in another
I live in Victor, Idaho — one of Jackson, Wyoming’s, bedroom communities. Every day, roughly 3,400 Idaho residents drive over Teton Pass to work in Jackson. Only about 11,000 of us live on this side of the pass—2,0…
Innovators think outside of the box
We have not met yet, but we will, as we are both candidates for Montana Senate District 3.
Letters to the editor June 25
Letters to the editor June 25
Misleading rhetoric undermines nonprofit sector
As the executive director of the Montana Nonprofit Association, a membership association that supports more than 850 organization across the state, I’m dismayed by multiple recent incidents of political leaders and…
Letters to the editor June 24
Letters to the editor June 24
Letters to the editor June 23
Letters to the editor June 23
Gianforte raised your property taxes and gave himself a tax cut
Gov. Greg Gianforte raised your property taxes. And he did it deliberately, in order to give the wealthy and corporations huge tax cuts. That’s a simple truth that our governor doesn’t want you to hear, but it’s im…