Photo provided by Cameron Abell, Billings Firefighters Finally, Firefighters Secure the Protection They Deserve After 20 Years of Fighting Gov. Steve Bullock will sign the firefighter health and safety bill into law on Thursday, April 18. Finally, the men and...

Participants in a saw class in 2017. Photo courtesy of Cameron Abell, Billings Firefighters A Tired Refrain: Fighting for Obvious Health Coverage There is a sentence in the first article Prairie Populist published about the Firefighter Health and Safety Bill...

Jill and Jason Baker in their early days of dating. Photo Courtesy of Jill Baker Prairie Populist Remembers a Warrior, Fighter and Brother “We gather here today to pay respects to a warrior: at home, out in the field, and...

Feature photo of Jason and Jill Baker, courtesy of the Bakers. Jason Baker, Firefighter Health and Safety Bill Warrior, Loses Life to Cancer Prairie Populist mourns the loss of Great Falls City Firefighter Jason Baker, who lost his fight with Stage IV lung cancer Wednesday morning. Jason,...

Haven’t read our previous coverage on firefighters? Read our article about Jason Baker and his fight against cancer here. It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while, the state legislature takes on a bill that is really a...

Montana’s 66th Legislature starts January 7 Every two years, Montana’s 100-member House of Representatives and 50-member Senate gather in Helena for 90 days of budget negotiations, lawmaking and shenanigans. During the Legislative Session, Prairie Populist will share updates on the...

They have our backs. It’s time we had theirs. The cancer that seeps through Jason Baker’s skin is the result of a toxic soup that’s created when modern homes burn. Like all of Montana’s firefighters, Baker has the best protective...