By Dorothy Bradley, First Published in the Montana Standard and Helena Independent Record on May 3, 2025 Bob Brown and I are the only two living former legislators who served both before and after the passage of Montana’s new Constitution in 1972. Republican and...
By Bob Brown, Published in The Daily Montanan on April 17, 2025 and in The Western News on April 22, 2025. Only a handful of us who served in the legislature under the old 1889 Montana Constitution still survive. That constitution reflected the dominant power of the...
March 18, 2025: A Guest Column by Six Living Delegates to the Montana Constitutional Convention Mae Nan Ellingson, Gene Harbaugh, Jerome Loendorf, Lyle Monroe, Marshall Murray, & Lynn Sparks Keeley As six of the seven living delegates to the 1972 Montana...
By Emily Cross, Published in the Missoulian on March 8, 2025 Fifty-three years ago, Montana underwent a remarkable transformation that left a lasting impact on the state’s political landscape, citizenry, and environment. The catalyst for this change was the 1972...
By Marc Racicot, published in the Daily Inter Lake on February 13, 2025. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a legislator “shall,” according to Article III of the Montana Constitution, solemnly swear to faithfully support, protect and defend the...
