MEQUOKETA, Iowa — When Gov. Steve Bullock hits the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, his security detail of two Montana Highway Patrol officers comes along, too — at taxpayer expense. The Montana Republican Party, in a statement earlier this week, asked why state taxpayers “should have to swallow the cost of his executive protection Read More…
Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins announced Monday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate next fall, becoming the first to challenge incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Daines. “I’ve traveled this state, from every corner of this vast, rugged state. And what remains consistent is that for far too long and far too often, we Read More…
Most kids wouldn’t dare be seen with their parents within several miles of school. Not Sen. Steve Daines, though — he was bold enough to be seen with them in his office. Gasp! It’s apparently “bring your parents to work” day for the Republican senator, who shared a picture with mom and dad on Twitter. READ Read More…
Montana’s Democratic Senator Jon Tester spoke on the U.S. Senate floor Tuesday urging his colleagues to pass a handful of federal bills aimed at addressing what’s been called a crisis of missing and murdered Native American women and girls. “Now this bill directs the GAO [Government Accountability Office] to conduct a full review of how Read More…
By Valley News Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill into law making North Dakota the 25th state in the nation to eliminate the threat of jail time for possession of small amounts of marijuana. HB 1050 reclassifies possession of up to a half ounce of marijuana by adults 21 and older as an infraction Read More…
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department tracked 40 outdoors-related bills during the 2019 legislative session, 21 of which were passed by both chambers and signed into law by Gov. Doug Burgum. Here’s a closer look at the bills, which take effect Aug. 1 unless the bill includes an emergency clause indicating it already is Read More…
North Dakota has seen a small swell of storytelling on screen in recent years, but none of it filmed here. The FX television series “Fargo” was shot in Calgary, Alberta. “Woman Walks Ahead,” which portrayed an artist’s relationship with Sitting Bill on the Standing Rock Reservation, was filmed in New Mexico. And ABC’s “Blood & Read More…
(GILLETTE, Wyo.) — Wyoming Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi announced Saturday that he will not run for a fifth term in 2020, costing the GOP a loyal conservative senator but likely not the seat. Enzi, 75, announced his pending retirement in his hometown of Gillette, where he owned a shoe store and “never intended to Read More…
Whatever could be causing this saber rattling, the Washington Post wondered today. With tweets like these, Ishaan Tharoor writes, Trump is setting the Middle East “on a knife edge,” even though talk of war with Iran had receded during the week. Tharoor then provides enough context to make this sound like a chicken-egg exercise: If Read More…
There’s only one standard at MSNBC. You can shill for dictators and make all the factual errors you want, but if the end result is you slapping at Donald Trump, then it’s all good. We saw that on full display this weekend via Joy Reid’s show. That’d be the same Joy Reid who lied about Read More…
Last month the NY Times broke the story that two Florida counties had had their voter registration rolls accessed by persons the FBI is claiming to be Russians or one stripe or another. I say “claiming” because my belief is that as the investigation by DOJ IG Michael Horowitz nears completion and the criminal probe Read More…
Decades of government schools (kindergarten through grade 12) – have poisoned America’s intellectual well. An utterly pathetic school system which produces far too many people who can’t read the diplomas they’re handed – but can all roll a condom on a banana. College IS for Dummies to be sure – a festering cesspool of totalitarian Read More…