By Rick Applegate, Friends of the Montana Constitution Monthly Column First published in the Billings Gazette on August 22, 2026 Seventy-five years ago, newspapers across the country lamented the death of Joseph Kinsey Howard. Described as the spokesman of the West,...
By James Grady, Friends of the Montana Constitution Monthly Column Published July 11, 2026 in the Billings Gazette Montanans, more than most states this year, have a reason to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. The Treasure State’s state Constitution,...
By Rich Bechtel, Friends of the Montana Constitution Monthly Column Published June 16, 2026 in the Helena IR The dysfunction of the Montana Legislature under the old 1889 Constitution was the largest single reason Montanans called for a Constitutional Convention...
By Betsy Scanlin, Friends of the Montana Constitution Monthly Column Published May 16, 2026 in the Billings Gazette and on May 20, 2026 in the Daily Montanan Human rights, the emerging concern for the environment, and the importance of Indigenous culture were the...
One Montana Voice by Mary Moe First published in the Billings Gazette on May 14, 2026 Call it the Montana rule: If you, as an audience member in a Montana venue, badmouth a speaker, performer, player or coach, sure as shootin’ that person’s mother or...
