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You go to your church, I’ll go to mine
A few years ago I was talking with a man who raised an interesting question; “There’s only one God, why do we need so many different churches?”
Montana Senate votes down bill to require Ten Commandments in public school classrooms
The Montana Senate voted down a bill Saturday to require public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom, albeit with an emotional debate about the need for moral standards in the country and the atrocities inflicted in the name of religion.
The Montana Legislature tried, and failed, to define sex
In 2023, the Montana State Legislature passed a bill, signed into law by the governor, that defined sex and sexuality as being either, and only, male or female.
Calling on Sheehy to reject hatred, antisemitism and bigotry
As representatives of Montana’s diverse and pluralistic Jewish communities, we are disappointed and offended to see hateful messaging in a recent Tim Sheehy for Senate political ad and in public comments by one of Sheehy’s staffers.
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 upholding every liberal one – including seven examples of such conduct in the past 10 years alone.
Glasgow couple sue Child Protective Services, accusing them of deceiving court
The family of the teenager who was taken by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ Child Protective Service has sued in federal court, alleging several civil rights violations when the social workers placed the teen in a psychiatric facility in Wyoming, barring the parents from communicating with the child.
Yes, we have a climate ‘crisis.’ Maybe that’s a good thing.
Bashing China is fashionable these days. But one cool thing is that the Chinese word for “crisis” uses 2 symbols that mean “danger” and “inflection point” (or “pivot”).
Peace torch run participates in Kalispell parade
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is an international team from six different countries on a four-month journey across the U.S. and Canada to share a message that peace begins with the individual.
Smokey Bear stolen from Tally Lake Ranger District
Striking the Tally Lake Ranger District office in Kalispell on Sunday, thieves made off with an American icon.
Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out 'anti-Christian bias' and urges 'bring God back'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out "anti-Christian bias" in the U.S., announcing that he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the "targeting" of Christians.
While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he'll send 'worst' criminal migrants to Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the "worst criminal aliens" to a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Letters to the editor June 23
Letters to the editor June 23
Valley Neighbors is ‘caring for the strangers in our midst’
The intensity of the local debate over immigration and refugee support has taken a dark turn in the past week.
Maui officials highlight steps toward rebuilding as 1-year mark of deadly wildfire approaches
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Nearly a year after wind-whipped flames raced through Kim Ball's Hawaii community, the empty lot where his house once stood is a symbol of some of the progress being made toward rebuilding after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than century destroyed thousands of homes and killed 102 people in Lahaina.
State agrees not to enforce ‘double registration’ law in order to settle federal voting rights suit
The Montana Secretary of State’s Office and the Commissioner of Political Practices have come to an agreement with two groups which successfully challenged a 2023 law that would have made it crime for residents to be registered to vote in two places simultaneously, even if it didn’t result in double voting.
Efforts persist to rebuild wildlife connectivity with highway crossings
For humans, roads are more than infrastructure. They can be cultural phenoms or a symbol of freedom.
Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts
A tiny contingent of Duke University graduates opposed pro-Israel comedian Jerry Seinfeld speaking at their commencement in North Carolina Sunday, with about 30 of the 7,000 students leaving their seats and chanting "free Palestine" amid a mix of boos and cheers.
UM law school alumna donates African art collection to museum
She remembers drawing patterns with a compass and protractor as a child and papering her bedroom walls – when allowed by her mother – in burlap. Decades later, traveling around the country for work and pleasure, she developed an affinity for African fabrics and slowly assembled the extensive collection of textiles and art that she is gifting to UM’s Montana Museum of Art and Culture.
Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government's abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials who called on the government to apologize for the schools.
Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan after getting pushback from industry and GOP
The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.