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Covering health policy, public health, and medical developments across Montana. This archive includes reporting on healthcare policy, community health issues, and statewide health initiatives. Coverage of Montana’s COVID-19 response is also included.
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- Montana Democrats Share Photo of “Freezer Morgue” That’s Actually A Mobile MRI Unit, Hospital Says
- Alberton Principal Threatens To Call Police on Students Who Protest Masks Friday
- Community Hospital To Fire Unvaccinated Workers Despite Losing 26% of Beds Since September
- Pfizer Vaccine Creates 164 Myocarditis Cases in Boys For Every 189 COVID-19 Hospital Stays Prevented
- Missoula School Mask Lawsuit Filed: Parents have “fundamental liberty interest in the care, custody, and control of their children”
Journalism Is Not A Popularity Contest
Facing criticism and opposition, Travis Mateer highlights the importance of independent journalism in uncovering the truth about homelessness in Missoula.
Duplicitous Republicans Reframe Platform
Montanans for Life Chair Robin Sertell criticizes the Republican Party’s new 2024 platform, accusing them of abandoning core pro-life principles and engaging in duplicitous rhetoric. Sertell calls for a return to unwavering support for the sanctity of life from conception.
From Local Ordinance to Supreme Court: Unpacking Missoula’s Urban Camping Debate
In his latest piece, Travis Mateer explores the complexities of Missoula’s Urban Crisis Camping Ordinance and its implications in light of the Supreme Court decision on Grants Pass v. Johnson.
Missoula Legalizes Public Camping as Supreme Court Permits Bans
Missoula City Council legalized public camping just days before the Supreme Court ruled that cities can ban the practice, sparking debate on public safety policies.
Celebrate June as Pro-Life Month
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Justice Samuel Alito in Majority Ruling Dobbs…
Montana Freedom Caucus Demands Censure of Missoula Representative Zephyr
The Montana Freedom Caucus demands Representative Zooey Zephyr of Missoula’s House District 100 be censured by the House for attempting to shame the Montana legislative body and by using inappropriate and uncalled-for language during a floor debate over amendments concerning Senate Bill 99 – to ban sex changes of minor children. This bill already passed the Montana House and Senate, and the debate was…
Has Your Government Murdered You?
Author’s note: This article is provided to get around the censors in government, Big Pharma, social media, and all others who think they should make all the important decisions for everyone they think are too dumb to think for themselves. There is disturbing information here and you will surely decide to accept it, blow it…
Montana Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate Protections for Healthcare Workers
US District Judge for the State of Montana, Donald Molloy, made his preliminary injunction from March permanent against healthcare workers seeking protection from vaccine mandates through HB-702, the vaccine non-discrimination law. On Friday, Molloy ordered that the state cannot use provisions applied to Montana Code by HB-702 to defend the interests of Montana healthcare workers…
Montana Democrats Abortion Privacy Defense Falls Flat After COVID Authoritarianism
After two years of Montana Democrats gleefully and vigorously advocating for the forced-masking and forced-vaccination of their fellow Montanans, their sudden defense of “health privacy” in service of codifying abortion into Montana law through judicial activism exposes not only their hypocrisy, but their ignorance. Prominent Montana Democrats including former elected Democrats and Democrat-aligned non-profits have…
Montana DPHHS Should Keep Rule Barring Sex Change on Birth Certificate
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services allowed public comment today during a hearing where they considered keeping an emergency rule that bars individuals from changing their sex on their birth certificate while Senate Bill 280 is being challenged in court by the ACLU and other plaintiffs. SB 280, passed in the 2021…
Montana PSC Primary Voters Decided Who Is Really Looking Out For Us
Despite slanderous accusations from her opponent, her presumptive primary win for Public Service Commission and recently released footage of COVID lockdown meetings of the Flathead Health Board vindicate Dr. Annie Bukacek’s fight for liberty.
The Flathead County Health Officer Selection Debacle
It has been two years since the Flathead County Health Board started its search for a replacement health officer and based on actions from the board and recommendations from outside recruiting firms, the board will not be making a permanent selection until 2023. The Flathead County Health Department has been seeking a Health Officer for…
What Does Candidate Ronalee Skees Not Understand About Individual Liberty?
I have been accused of being a “hater” or part of a “hate group,” because I have written and spoken truthfully and critically about Ronalee Skees, candidate for House District 11, and why I think she is unqualified to be my representative. The truth of the matter is that this is not a personal vendetta. …
Do We Really Need More Passive Acquiescence?
After 12 years as Flathead County Commissioner, Pam Holmquist is seeking re-election to yet another 6-year term to the Flathead Board of County Commissioners, which would make Holmquist’s total tenure on the board about 18 years should she win re-election. Ronalee Skees, a member of the Flathead County Health Board, is seerking election to House…
Flathead Health Board Accountability: Get Your Popcorn!
Conservatives in Flathead County prove that regardless of party affiliation, if a candidate for public office voted for lockdowns, their actions will not be memory-holed and they will be held to account.
MacKenzie: Healthcare Denied in Flathead—And Nationwide
Kalispell man refused medical care and kidney transplant for not submitting to testing and vaccination. Logan Health refused lab tests without COVID test.
Lower Student COVID Rate in Mask Optional Schools, Billings Mask Lawsuit, State Data Shows
UPDATED (1/6/2022): Post updated to include letter from Billings teachers union president Douglas Robison discouraging educators from contributing statements to the lawsuit regarding the negative effects of masks on students. Parents in Billings and the non-profit Stand Up Montana filed their 200-page mask lawsuit against Billings Public Schools and Elysian Schools at the end of…
Over 500 Montanans Sign “Vote of Confidence” Letter Supporting State Superintendent
Over 500 Montana signatories including school board trustees from Flathead, Lincoln, Missoula, and Ravalli counties and two-dozen elected officials have signed on to a “Vote of Confidence” letter supporting Montana’s head of schools, State Superintendent of Instruction Elsie Arntzen. “We write to refute the unauthorized “no-confidence” letter recently sent to you by certain school superintendents…