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Missoula Current
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![Viewpoint: Fire levy too important for misleading opposition](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/09/attachment-Nugent.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Fire levy too important for misleading opposition
Mike Nugent writes, "Intentionally using misleading information to gaslight Missoulians at the expense of our first responders deserves to be called out. Our public safety is too important."
![Harmon’s Histories: Will we suffer another summer of crime, a la 1924?](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/06/attachment-Headline-Daily-Missoulian-Aug-7-1924.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Harmon’s Histories: Will we suffer another summer of crime, a la 1924?
In the summer of 1924, Missoula experienced a rash of petty robberies and burglaries, so many that police were “of the opinion that there was a gang working here, different robberies not being the work of one man.
![Your taxes are due – and so are the state’s 17 addition school mills](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-housing1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Your taxes are due – and so are the state’s 17 addition school mills
While the city and county of Missoula prepare their new fiscal year budget, local residents are digging deeper into their pocket books to pay their property taxes.
![DEQ working group haggles over environmental recommendations](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/05/attachment-development.jpg?w=980&q=75)
DEQ working group haggles over environmental recommendations
The 20 members of the working group were chosen to develop recommendations on how state agencies should implement or change the Montana Environmental Policy Act.
![Safety-net health clinics cut services and staff amid Medicaid ‘unwinding’](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/10/Health-Care.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Safety-net health clinics cut services and staff amid Medicaid ‘unwinding’
As of May 23, more than 22 million people had lost Medicaid coverage, including about 134,000 in Montana — 12% of the state’s population.
![Viewpoint: Reforming the Supreme Court](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/12/attachment-Supreme-Court.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Reforming the Supreme Court
David Daniels writes, "The number of Justices is not fixed in the Constitution. It has changed six times in our history. It’s time to change it again by eliminating two justices who do not understand the meaning of “good Behavior.”
![Hamilton man ordered to pay $720K in restitution for scheme](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/10/attachment-Money.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Hamilton man ordered to pay $720K in restitution for scheme
A Hamilton man who devised a scheme over several years to defraud local investors of more than $700,000 was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation and ordered to pay more than $720,000 in restitution.
![Missoula police, fire kick off FY 25 budget season with new requests](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/02/Fire-Department.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula police, fire kick off FY 25 budget season with new requests
The Missoula fire and police departments kicked off the budgeting season on Wednesday, detailing their funding requests for the new fiscal year.
![Montana Viewpoint: Politics … as usual](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/04/Jim-Elliott-headshot-2015-249x350-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana Viewpoint: Politics … as usual
Jim Elliott writes, "The furor over immigration is an issue that won’t go away—can’t go away-- because once it does it will no longer provide political ammunition for Republicans to use against the Democratic Party."
![Viewpoint: Fire levy needed to support growing population](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/11/Fire-Department.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Viewpoint: Fire levy needed to support growing population
Michael Kremkau writes that an "increase in call volume and service area has resulted in response times that are 2 minutes higher than national standards. Supporting the mil levy will help to add an additional fire station and engine company."