Energy Summit: Can Montana Achieve Energy Dominance? “We have a very, very supportive state in terms of what we’re trying to do here.” That’s what Mark Klein, Co-Owner of VK Clean Energy Partners, told the crowd at the Montana Energy...

After over a year of efforts, Gallatin County continues funding for the open space program Gallatin County’s soil will continue to grow things! On Tuesday, voters in the county voted in favor of continuing the open lands program. In the...

Dear Mr. or Mrs. Montana Legislator, Have you been to Circle? It’s lovely. You should go sometime. It’s a small, safe, quiet town at the intersection of Highway 13 and Highway 200. Home to 600 folks and the regional hub...

The public may get their chance to have a say, after all! Tuesday morning, the Gallatin County Commissioners voted 3-0 that they intend to give Gallatin County residents the chance to vote to continue funding for the county’s open space...

They Got Your Vote, Now They Want to Ignore Your Voice Across the state, Montanans are being ignored. But if our representatives won’t love us, they better fear us. Because we’re not going to let their blatant acts of disrespect...

Sustainable Economics and Public Input be Damned -- and the Gallatin too? When does 25 to 3 lose an election? When three people aren’t playing fair. In Montana, we know that the people who represent us best are ourselves. Which...

Brandon Dewey Looks at Growth and Change in the Bitterroot “This organization -- this institution -- works for the public. I think sometimes government gets the attitude that we’re doing you a favor, that you work for us.” So says...

125 Montana Statehouse Seats at Stake In the Montana Legislature, all 100 House seats and 25 of the 50 Senate seats are on the ballot in November. Folks who want to run, or want to convince their friends or neighbors...

Senator Connell and Legislative Water Panel Probe the Future Montana’s disastrous flash drought of 2017 and the million-acre fire season have left many asking: What will the new year bring? And what about all this snow? Weather may be getting...

 Rosendale guns for state Senate In some ways, Montana voters have it good. Whether we’re Democrats, Republicans or something else, we’re generally not too far from our citizen legislators, regular folks we see at the store and at the kids’...