Thursday, December 18, 2025

No thanks, Sen. Tester: We don't buy it

Montana’s letters and editorial pages have been flooded with praise for Sen. Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, or FJRA.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

We the people: a question not asked... until now

A few weeks ago I was talking with Hot Springs area rancher Kim Baker, President of Montana Cattlemen’s Association, about depredation of livestock. Since we have seen an increase in wolf depredation in Montana I was wondering if there was a relationship with other predator livestock losses. Kim told me …
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO

We the People: agency bills

Last week we finished up our work on the Law and Justice Interim Committee (LJIC). The LJIC provides oversight of the Department of Justice, the Department of Correction and the Office of Public Defenders. It was at this meeting that these state agencies brought forth their bill proposals for the …
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Cost too high for Healthy Kids Initiative

I must respond to Judy Reall's letter in last week's Ledger chastising Representative Pat Ingraham's "no" vote on funding for the Healthy Kids Initiative (HB157 was the funding bill).
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Montana Patient Protection Act

I have introduced the Montana Patient Protection Act which prohibits physician-homicide and physician-assisted suicide ("aid in dying"). The Act is in response to the Supreme Court decision Baxter v. State of Montana. This Act is based on Montana's public policy to prevent elder abuse and to value all citizens.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO