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Missoula Current
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![Viewpoint: Montana GOP hates everything but themselves](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/05/GOP.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Montana GOP hates everything but themselves
David James writes, "Republican attacks on teachers, administrators, school boards and public education in general should anger and frustrate anyone who believes all children have the right to be educated."
![You can’t drive 35 … anymore on Mary Jane Blvd., Flynn Lane](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-speed-limit.jpg?w=980&q=75)
You can’t drive 35 … anymore on Mary Jane Blvd., Flynn Lane
The posted speed limit will change on Mary Jane Boulevard and Flynn Lane to a steady 25 miles per hour, a move the city believes will make travel safer as the area fills in with housing.
![Legislative changes, housing pressure force early updates to city code](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/04/housing-construction.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Legislative changes, housing pressure force early updates to city code
Legislative changes and pressure to address certain issues sooner than later has prompted the City of Missoula's planning department to prepare several updates to its zoning and codes.
![MPG ecologist: Bitterroot headwaters is bad place for a mine](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/06/Southern-Bitterroot-mountains-2_Beth-Anne-Austein-1024x768-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
MPG ecologist: Bitterroot headwaters is bad place for a mine
The headwaters of the Bitterroot River is a bad place for a rare-earth element mine, according to a local mine-contamination expert.
![Viewpoint: We’ve got nothing left to lose](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-bible-religion.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: We’ve got nothing left to lose
James Nelson writes, "These pieces of legislation are not the product of any original thinkers in Montana’s legislature, but, rather, are grounded in cookie cutter bills started by right-wing, Christian organizations."
![Missoula city budget proposes 9.7% tax increase; $6.3M in new revenue](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-Hess.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula city budget proposes 9.7% tax increase; $6.3M in new revenue
With an increase in appraisal values across Missoula, the City Council will levy fewer mills to raise more revenue for next year's fiscal budget. It's also looking to fund more than $6.3 million in new programs, bringing the city's total tax-supported revenue to $111 million – up from $105 million last year.
![600-unit Missoula subdivision off Flynn Lane goes before council](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-housing-development.jpg?w=980&q=75)
600-unit Missoula subdivision off Flynn Lane goes before council
A number of new Mullan-area subdivisions are beginning to provide Missoula with needed housing, but area schools are running out of capacity.
![After amendments, city adopts resolution memorializing Missoula’s Chinese history](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/07/attachment-Missoula.jpg?w=980&q=75)
After amendments, city adopts resolution memorializing Missoula’s Chinese history
The history of Missoula's early Chinese population and its contributions to the city's growth will be memorialized in a resolution and eventually a plaque noting where many of them were buried in the late 1800s in unmarked graves.
![Judge closes Elbow Lake gravel pit while appeal proceeds](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/08/attachment-gravel-pit.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Judge closes Elbow Lake gravel pit while appeal proceeds
The court found that DEQ had granted a dryland opencut permit without confirming whether surface and groundwater could be polluted or how many residents could be affected within a half-mile of the gravel pit.
![Viewpoint: Climate Change, wildfire and the air we breathe](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/07/smoke-and-Missoula.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Climate Change, wildfire and the air we breathe
Viewpoint: "Extreme heat and wildfires are aggravated by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Since the 1980s, the number of acres in the US burned by wildfires has increased three-fold, and climate change has caused at least half of this."