Editorials

Editorial: Attempts to prop up coal will be futile

  • By the Chronicle Editorial Board

Montana and Wyoming find themselves increasingly isolated in what will ultimately be futile attempts to prop up a declining coal industry that seems doomed to go down in a flurry of ill-advised legislation and expensive lawsuits.

Editorial: Gianforte should give transgender athlete bill the ax

  • By the Chronicle Editorial Board

Of the hundreds of bills Gov. Greg Gianforte will consider signing into law over the coming days, there’s one he is urged to give special consideration. House Bill 112 would prohibit transgender girls and women from participating in female sports.

Editorial: Don't gerrymander our second House seat

  • By the Chronicle Editorial Board

News that Montana gets a second seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is a big deal — a very big deal. Two seats in the 435-seat House may not sound like much. But it provides one representative for just over 500,000 Montanans. That makes us the most well represented state in the nation.

Columns

Bison partnership holds promise as state backpedals

  • By Scott Christensen Guest Columnist

As I entered Yellowstone National Park last week on a beautiful spring morning, I was quietly contemplating two very different events: the always inspiring annual arrival of bison calves and the end of a legislative session in Helena that pushed Montana into the dark ages of wildlife management.