Ruinous

The State of Montana has contracted with Maximus, a Virginia-based for-profit company, to provide job training for welfare clients. This is a death sentence for several local agencies that have operated for over 40 years.

Boo hoo!

The Montana Supreme Court overturned a quartet of bad election bills from the 2021 Legislative session. The Secretary of State reacted with melodrama, also saying, “State and county election officials have been punched in the gut.”

Elsie elucidates

When a couple of legislative committees recently dealt with legislation on education, Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen didn’t even bother to appear. Instead, she blamed Republicans for calling her a Republican.