Montana Public Service Commission races neck-and-neck
Montana Public Service Commission (via PSC Twitter account). A couple of Montana Public Service Commission primary races were too close to call at press time, but familiar and more recent…
Swanson, Lynch will vie for Montana Supreme Court Chief Justice position
The Montana Supreme Court in session (Photo by Blair Miller for the Daily Montanan). A former federal magistrate judge and the current Broadwater County Attorney will square off for the…
White nationalist, anti-LGBTQ activity on the rise, annual hate report shows
One of the hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” who marched during the “Unite the Right” rally Aug. 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Southern Poverty…
Greenwood, Farris-Olsen lead in Supreme Court clerk primaries
Bowen Greenwood and Erin Farris-Olsen. (Photos courtesy campaigns) Incumbent Republican Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court Bowen Greenwood holds a narrow lead over Montana Senate President Jason Ellsworth in his…
Downing wins crowded eastern Montana congressional district primary
Montana State Auditor Troy Downing (Photo via Montana State Auditor) Troy Downing emerged as the winner of the big money, eight-person Republican primary for Montana’s eastern congressional district, though the…
Montana OPI, AG, auditor match-ups take shape
(Credit: Susie Hedalen/ Shannon O’Brien) Republican Susie Hedalen will take on Democrat Shannon O’Brien in November for superintendent of public instruction in the general election if early primary results hold.…
UConn’s spirit rock — a forum for student debate and expression
This essay recently won an award in the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government’s First Amendment essay contest. It was written before the University of Connecticut relocated the spirit rock. For…
It’s time for new models of beauty
If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, that eye has historically belonged to men. And in America, where youth walks in beauty, aging women fade like old photographs.…
A ‘Hard Market’ Is Battering Condo Owners
But the state insurance commissioner says the hurricane insurance market may be beginning to stabilize.
Gianforte defeats Smith in primary, set to face Busse in November
Gov. Greg Gianforte and Ryan Busse. (Photos courtesy Governor’s Office, by Nicole Girten, Daily Montanan) Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte fought off a challenge from the right in his primary Tuesday,…