Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Article 1 of the Constitution vests in Congress the sole authority to appropriate money. Each year, Congress and the President are required to pass 12 appropriations bills to fund the government for the next year by September 30. The current Republican-controlled House only requires a simple majority to pass a bill, yet not one appropriations bill has been agreed upon by both chambers. In fact, only three of the 12 appropriations bills have been passed out of the House. Instead of focusing its energy on passing the 12 appropriations bills...
The President of Montana Farmers Union, Walter Schweitzer, recently penned an op-ed taking Tim Sheehy to task for his opposition to laws requiring meatpackers to label beef’s country of origin, also praising fellow third-generation Montanan and Big Sandy dirt farmer Jon Tester for working across the aisle to introduce a mandatory country of origin labeling bill. Recently, I listened to a radio interview with Tim Sheehy on Working Ranch radio show that is very concerning. When Tim Sheehy was asked about MCOOL (mandatory country of origin l...
A lack of transparency and available details about the proposed acquisition of NorthWestern Energy by Black Hill Corporation has led Montana Farmers Union to intervene to push for clarity on intentions and to raise questions about farmers and ranchers bearing the costs. Based on the questions MFU leaders have asked and the Commission docket so far, the proposed acquisition is not designed to help the Montana family farmer. It is designed to build a corporate balance sheet large enough to serve the bottomless appetite of multinational data...
Know the consequences before signing the petition to put CI-121 on the November ballot. At face value, CI-121 and freezing your residential property taxes may sound like a good idea. But if you further investigate the details of this misleading ballot initiative, you will find several adverse consequences. What is CI-121? It is a ballot initiative proposing a constitutional amendment that would freeze residential property value at the 2019 level and changes the assessed value to the acquisition value when purchased. This concept is not new and...
