Guest Opinions

What we need to know about Dr. Fauci

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the smiling little “scientist,” captivates television audiences and is the most interviewed hero for half of America who are terrified of the Chinese Virus and begs the government to save them. These obedient “little people” do not question orders to close their businesses and destroy their livelihoods. These folks obediently wear masks which common sense should tell them are ineffective against a virus and submit to an unproven shot even though many highly qualified medical researchers question longterm potential harm.

A fair economic recovery is possible and affordable

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It’s time for billionaires and corporations to chip in.

Montana Nurses Association supports HB 702 suit; releases FAQ

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The Montana Nurses Association, which represents thousands of frontline Montana nurses, is announcing its support for a recent challenge to the government mandates contained in House Bill 702. Montana nurses are deeply committed to providing the highest quality safe healthcare to Montanans, which House Bill 702 compromises by placing government mandates into the middle of the providerpatient relationship.

U.S. nursing homes facing a workforce crisis

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The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the country, released a survey of nursing home and assisted living providers across the U.S. Results from the survey highlight an urgent need for Congress to address the labor shortage facing the long term care industry.

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Biden Administration sends strong message on consolidation and competition

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Last Wednesday, the White House hosted a press briefing with Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and Director of the National Economic Council Brian Deese to discuss the impacts of a highly concentrated meatpacking sector for American producers and consumers.

A legacy we are proud of, a future our children will be proud of

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I have lived in two houses which had coal chutes, with rectangular iron doors, installed in their foundations along the driveway. In the basements the old coal bins, small rooms paneled with boards, had long since been converted to other uses.

Tester faces choice on Colstrip, Montana energy jobs

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Hidden away deep within the massive, $3.5 trillion Congressional budget package is a ticking time bomb for Montana’s economy. The innocuous sounding Clean Energy Payment Program is actually the left’s latest scheme to eliminate affordable, reliable fossil fuel energy. If they are successful, we’ll all pay more and at the same time the reliability of our electricity grid will be diminished. Worse, energy-producing states like Montana will pay the price in terms of lost jobs and economic output.

Ways to save family dairy farms

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I find that most people today have very little connection to farming or ranching. When I grew up in the late 1960s and 1970s, there seemed to be a general sense that most people knew where their food came from. In my youth in suburban Connecticut, there was agriculture all around the area.

Bipartisan infrastructure bill includes funding for rural broadband

On Aug. 24, the U.S. House of Representatives moved forward the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act, which includes investments in roads, bridges, other major public infrastructure projects and broadband.

How do I know the vaccine is safe?

In my work as a primary care Physician Assistant I regularly advocate to all patients that they get the COVID-19 vaccine. One question I am regularly asked: "The C19 vaccine was rushed, how do I know it’s safe?"