________________________________________________________________________ by Roger Hagan Montana’s mining industry is a bright spot in our state economy. While our state has been facing growing concerns about declining tax revenue and budget shortfalls, mining continues to be one of the largest employers and taxpayers in our state—supporting over 12,000 jobs and generating nearly $200 million in revenue…
We just a call from the Montana Democratic Party informing us that the screenshots we provided of a fundraising email for Jon Tester do not match any fundraising email they have sent out. We are triple checking with our source, the individual who sent us the email screenshots and text, to confirm what we were…
As part of E-City Beat’s continuing effort to help our readers make informed decisions as voters we have sent questionnaires to all local candidates in the upcoming general election and will be publishing their responses starting today. Today we feature the candidates for Cascade County Sheriff, Jesse Slaughter (D) and Bob Rosipal (R). Here are…
________________________________________________________________________ It appears our Great Falls City Commissioner Houck has become the self-appointed arbiter of civility, political responsibility and justice. We’re in trouble now. Houck lectured Senator Daines on Facebook. She opines that he doesn’t speak on behalf of the majority of Montanans and that he certainly doesn’t represent the views and wishes of…
________________________________________________________________________ Recently someone brought to my attention some comments on the Kavanaugh nomination written by a so-called “leader” in Great Falls, Tracy Houck, and posted last week on Senator Steve Daines’ public forum page. Here’s a screenshot of her comments: After seeing her comments here’s what I wrote on my FB page in response,…
________________________________________________________________________ As part of E-City Beat’s continuing effort to help our readers make informed decisions as voters, last month we sent questionnaires to all local legislative candidates in the upcoming general election informing them that we would publish their responses without editorial comment. Here are the four questions we asked: What do you see…
________________________________________________________________________ As part of E-City Beat’s continuing effort to help our readers make informed decisions as voters, last month we sent questionnaires to all local legislative candidates in the upcoming general election informing them that we would publish their responses without editorial comment. Here are the four questions we asked: What do you see…
________________________________________________________________________ As part of E-City Beat’s continuing effort to help our readers make informed decisions as voters, last month we sent questionnaires to all local legislative candidates in the upcoming general election informing them that we would publish their responses without editorial comment. Here are the four questions we asked: What do you see…
_______________________________________________________________________ A friend sent this Bloomberg piece to me earlier today and I found it to be particularly interesting in light of our own challenges here in Great Falls. https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/south-dakota-s-sioux-falls-can-teach-the-u-s-about-growth#gs.QxBN6j4 There’s a lot in this article that deserves study and I highly recommend that anyone who is interested in and concerned about jobs and…
________________________________________________________________________ As part of E-City Beat’s continuing effort to help our readers make informed decisions as voters we have sent questionnaires to all local candidates in the upcoming general election and will be publishing their responses starting today. First up are the candidates for Cascade County Commissioner, Jane Weber (D) and Josh Eli (R). Here…