In an interview on November 8th, the governor stated this lie four times.

The Gianforte Administration is protesting the options presented in the Interagency Bison Management Plan for Yellowstone National Park herd. If not satisified, the governor threatens to take away ‘tolerance zones’ near the park.

Failing to distinguish Hamas from normal human beings, our Congressmen introduced two idiotic bills – Zinke’s ‘Safeguarding Americans from Extremism’ and Daines’s ‘Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission.’

Montana’s Public Service Commission blithely granted Northwestern Energy a hefty hike in electricity rates. Commissioner Bukacek, ever empathetic, equated it to “three to four dozen eggs” a month for consumers.

Last December, and again in July, courts ordered the Gianforte administration to release documents. Two separate judges denied the governor’s claim of ‘executive privilege.’ Still, in a recent lawsuit seeking a different set of records, the administration stands by its spurious claim. (With minor changes, this cartoon repeats one from a year ago.)

Montana’s Office of Public Instruction licensed Prager U to market ‘educational’ materials. The license itself is pro forma; Elsie Arntzen’s enthusiastic backing is appalling.

PSC Commissioner Randy Pinocci compounded his legal problems by tampering with a witness in his assault case. He graduated from a misdemeanor charge to two felony charges.

The ongoing drama of the library board for ImagineIF in Kalispell has infected the State Library Commission. It has proposed rules removing the academic requirements for directors of large libraries.