Daily Montanan
![Groups join Montana AG in opposing property tax ballot proposal](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/03/Housing3.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Groups join Montana AG in opposing property tax ballot proposal
Coalitions of powerful Montana organizations representing public employees, local governments and business interests are joining Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen in arguing that a proposal to limit property taxes violates the constitution and would have sweeping negative financial effects.
![Woman gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/05/Bison-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Woman gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park
A 47-year-old woman from Phoenix was gored by a bison as she was near the Lake Lodge Cabins on the north shore of Lake Yellowstone on Monday morning.
![Montanans see veterinarian shortage, call for more training programs](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/07/attachment-animals-dogs.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Montanans see veterinarian shortage, call for more training programs
Amid a nationwide shortage of veterinarians, the executive director of the Human Society of Western Montana said she is also seeing the squeeze across Montana, where people are struggling to get veterinary care.
![Montana sees climate pressure on waterways amid hot global temps](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/07/attachment-Flathead-Lake1.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Montana sees climate pressure on waterways amid hot global temps
Drought and a quick-melting snowpack have put Flathead Lake at record-low levels, and anglers are under the first fishing restrictions of the season on portions of the Sun and Madison rivers due to warm water temperatures and low flows.
![Daines: China’s continued spying on U.S. ‘outrageous’](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/07/attachment-Daines.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Daines: China’s continued spying on U.S. ‘outrageous’
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines introduced a bill this week to identify any institution helping China spy on Americans or working with its military or intelligence as a restricted trade partner.
![Viewpoint: They had one job, and the Montana Legislature failed](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/09/dollars.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: They had one job, and the Montana Legislature failed
Darrell Ehrlick writes, "What makes that fact so painful is that the lawmakers knew from their own experts that sometime – say, right around now – most of us would receive our property tax assessments, and we’re still trying to catch our breath."
![Montana taxpayers mad about high property appraisals](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/03/attachment-Gianforte-Taxes.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana taxpayers mad about high property appraisals
Property owners in Montana have been opening their appraisal notices from the Department of Revenue and finding significant increases in their home’s estimated taxable value, as much as 40%.
![Tranel announces another bid for Montana’s 1st Congressional District seat](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/06/Tranel.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Tranel announces another bid for Montana’s 1st Congressional District seat
Missoula Democrat Monica Tranel announced Monday she is running again for Montana’s 1st Congressional District in 2024 two years after she lost to Republican Ryan Zinke by about 7,800 votes, a roughly three-point margin.
![Unions: Lee newspapers’ cuts mean less journalism, insulting readers](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2017/05/missoulian.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Unions: Lee newspapers’ cuts mean less journalism, insulting readers
In Montana, the state’s largest newspaper publisher, Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, has announced that it’s cutting the number of days it prints a newspaper to three and switching the delivery from paper carriers to the U.S. Postal Service in most locations.
![Flathead Lake at historic low, but anomalies could be ‘new normal’](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/07/attachment-Flathead-Lake.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Flathead Lake at historic low, but anomalies could be ‘new normal’
The record low lake level this year is part of a pattern of anomalies in runoff and water supply that is hardly new, according to Energy Keepers, Inc., which manages the Salish Kootenai Dam in Polson, on the south end of the lake.