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.

Attorney General Austin Knudsen is asking the Montana Supreme Court to overturn the landmark environmental case, Held et al. v. Montana.

Both of Montana’s U.S. Representatives voted against keeping the government open. Each then befogged their MAGAtude with baseless blather about Biden and Pelosi. And yes, Zinke now sports a beard.

GOP legislators jimmied the tax system – businesses will pay a lot less, homeowners a lot more. That rebate of $675 won’t go very far.