
Extortion at Crossroads

CoreCivic, owner of the CrossRoads prison near Shelby, tried to use $30 million of the state’s own money to extort a new contract. Bullock refused.
Fagg’s Folderol

Republican Senate candidate Russ Fagg released a horrible campaign ad bashing immigrants and supporting Pres. Trump’s border policy.
Questionable endorsement

Republican candidate for Senate Troy Downing was proud that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn would speak for him in Montana. UPDATE: As it turned out, the idea generated so little interest that the event was cancelled.
Tester & Trump

Pres. Trump went off the deep end, blaming Sen. Tester for derailing the flawed nomination of Dr. Ronny Jackson to head the Veterans Administration.
U of M sinks lower

University of Montana tried to put lipstick on the pig of laying off over four dozen faculty members.
Settlement

The Great Falls-Billings Catholic Diocese agreed to pony up $20 million to victims of priestly pedophilia.
Tough spot

The four candidates for Senate pivoted around questions about President Donald Trump.
Zinke rocks!

Testifying before Congress, Secretary of the Interior (and former Navy SEAL) Ryan Zinke piled on another claim to be a geologist. He’s not.
The Late Sen. Melcher

John Melcher (D) served as US Representative and US Senator in the 1970s and 80s. In 1988, he lost his Senate seat to Conrad Burns shortly after Pres. Reagan vetoed his wilderness bill.
