Opinion
There’s currently a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court, led by Republican Attorney Generals, to repeal the Affordable Care Act and eliminate protections for Montanans with pre-existing conditions. This is a dangerous lawsuit that, if successful, would rip healthcare away from over 400,000 Montanans with pre-existing conditions. That’s why I’m supporting Raph Graybill for Attorney General. He has a plan to fight back against this attempt to take away our healthcare and increase costs for health insurance for all Montanans. You can read his plan online (at): https://www.raphgraybill.com/healthcare. But his opponent, career politician Austin Knudsen,...
In 2018, paid political operatives in North Carolina went door-to-door, enticing voters to hand over their unsealed absentee ballots. The operatives then altered the unfinished ballots to support Republican candidates and failed to return ballots that already supported Democratic candidates. This b...
My aging dad lived alone for nearly 10 years after my mom died. But recently, we all came to the conclusion that living alone was a lonely endeavor. That, accompanied by his increasing need for assistance with some things, led us to find him a new home. His moving to a new home meant cleaning out th...
The senseless death of a black American has ignited civil protests around the globe. We will always remember George Floyd’s name and the eight minutes forty-six seconds that Minneapolis police officers assisted a fellow officer in pinning Floyd’s neck to the ground until he remained motionless. ...
Editor, Raph Graybill is running to be our next attorney general and will fight to defend our healthcare and stop price gouging on prescription drugs. Recently, 26 generic drug manufacturers were sued for conspiring to illegally raise the price on prescription drugs. These out-of-state corp...
Editor, Congratulations! We have kept COVID-19 Lake County cases down, so far, with no deaths. However, statewide, is another story. On June 1, there were 461 cases of the virus, and on June 14, there were 600 cases of the coronavirus in Montana. That was over a two-week time span. You can see how t...
Editor, It seems to be politically popular to throw an adolescent finger pointing tantrum over China’s truly deceitful role in the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, the fact of the matter is the demon is long out of the bottle. So, what is all the current China bashing hone...
Editor, Acronyms have become a universal language these days. Let’s take the latest one affecting millions-and-millions in the field of medicine, COVID. It stands for Corona Virus Disease. Our MOA (Master Of Analyses) Donald Trump, knew all about the various COVIDs over the years, sta...
Our Partners Sharing group has restarted service. You will now begin receiving holds that were placed prior to the COVID-19 shutdown and you can begin placing new holds on items held by all Partner Sharing libraries. The library is currently open Monday – Friday from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and from 3-5 p.m....
As the country celebrates its birth as a nation, one of the most patriotic things Montanans can do is stand up and be counted – in the 2020 Census. Or, more accurately, go online and be counted. Or mail in the census form. Or chat with a census worker. Every 10 years, the country counts how ma...
