Letters

Editor,  The Montana Secretary of State says, “Montana sets the standard for elections across the country.” And evidence continues to show that our election system is secure. Claims of voter fraud have been proven false time and time again; yet, the Governor has signed into law four bills that will make voting in Montana more difficult.  These bills include eliminating same-day voter registration, which has been in place since 2005.  For college students, a second form of identification is required in addition to a photo identification, but a Montana concealed-weapon permit qualifies without additional information.  Polling-place hours may be adjuste...

Editor, After 20 seasons of guiding wilderness treks and river journeys in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, I have witnessed significant changes in wilderness visitors.  As a teenager, I hiked from Ovando to Essex, scrambled in the Mission Mountains and skied from Benchmark to Holland Lake. Years late...

Editor,  Last November, voters passed I-190, recreational marijuana, which is estimated to provide $25 million annually to help fund hunting and fishing, trails, outdoor opportunities and other conservation projects. Montanans love the outdoors so do the thousands of visitors to the state. In 2019...

Editor, Montanans deserve to have a say in our energy future. HB 273 would overturn I-80 and eliminate the public’s right to vote on a new nuclear facility in the state.  Currently, we enjoy the right to have a say because of a voter-passed initiative that has stood since 1978 and was passed...

Editor,        Who really runs the Republican party? It seems that it is our Republican elected members of both the House and the Senate who have great fear of Donald Trump’s large voting-block called his base are the ones running the party. Trump cares little about his base as i...