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Dave Strohmaier writes, "My philosophy of governance is pretty simple: treat others how you want to be treated, provide staff the tools they need to succeed, be willing to try new things and make mistakes, and figure out ways to get to yes rather than defaulting to no."

Affordable housing is listed as the top need because 83.7% deemed it important, and 74.2% said they were dissatisfied with it, and those figures combined pushed that need to No. 1.

The rate increases are due in large part to global supply and demand issues exacerbated by extreme weather events and Russia’s war on Ukraine, according to the board.

Montanans also were generally opposed to the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, with 53% disagreeing, while only 28% agreed.

The Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub is a collaboration between Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - two red states and two blue ones.

A Houston-based company announced Thursday it has purchased the ExxonMobil refinery in Lockwood.

New battery manufacturing facilities are coming to Nevada and will receive more than $100 million dollars of federal funding, a move meant to fulfill the Biden Administration’s commitment to ensure that half of all new vehicle sales by 2030 are electric and to transition to a net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy, a state regulated utility owned by Omaha investment guru Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy, which serves 800,000 electric and natural gas customers in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota, has its sights set on generating the annual equivalent of 100% of its electric power from renewable sources.

Though legal experts and even the Montana Legislature’s own legal staff warned the Republican-dominated House and Senate that many of the bills lawmakers were drafting and passing didn’t quite meet constitutional muster, the 2021 session produced a flurry of bills, most of which were signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte.

Sneed Collard writes, "It didn’t take long for me to realize that for Matt Rosendale—and other Republican politicians—energy independence is code for continued dependence on fossil fuels."