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Missoula Democratic smokejumper enters U.S. House race to unseat Rep. Zinke

A Missoula-based wildland firefighter and Democratic activist announced his bid Monday morning to unseat Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke from the U.S. House. Sam Forstag, a smokejumper for the U.S. Forest Service and local union leader, is the third Democrat to officially enter the race. National Democrats are

Meet mayoral candidate Douglas Fischer

Meet mayoral candidate Douglas Fischer

While in high school, a teacher told a young Douglas Fischer that democracy works when people show up and get involved. After nine years serving in the public sphere, he is aiming to bring this sentiment to the mayoral seat. Fischer is a journalist-turned-city-commissioner seeking to bring

Meet mayoral candidate John Meyer

Meet mayoral candidate John Meyer

On the front porch of his home, John Meyer told the Exponent why he moved to Montana in 1999. “I came for the mountains and stayed for the people,” he said. Meyer is running for mayor in Bozeman’s upcoming election. A first-generation college graduate, he holds an undergraduate

Prospective Presidents Should Have to Take Cognitive Tests

U.S. presidents should not be cognitively impaired. If the chief executive is struggling to remember where they put their nuclear launch codes, they should not be allowed to run the nation. In the last general election cycle, Americans chose between two candidates — Donald Trump and Joe Biden — who were

MSU addresses student removal from library event

MSU addresses student removal from library event

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Montana 4 Palestine (MT4P) members were turned away from the U.S.–Israel agricultural research info session at Renne Library on Oct. 17 after attempting to raise concerns about the program’s ties to Israel. According to the University, there was an issue

MontPIRG seeks to embolden future civic leaders

MontPIRG is a nonpartisan, student-led advocacy group aimed at creating civic leadership through hands-on experience with state and local policymaking, according to Carl Anderson, MontPIRG’s Bozeman-Billings regional director. The organization, which is governed by a board of undergraduate students from MSU and the University of Montana

Inside Bozeman’s unconventional mayoral system

Inside Bozeman’s unconventional mayoral system

Bozeman is a unique city in many ways, one of which is its mayoral system. Newly elected Bozeman mayors first serve two years as the deputy mayor on the City Commission, which is a group of citizen-elected individuals who act as the legislative body for the city. Then, the