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Texas primaries test parties' fault lines as US midterms loom

Texas primaries test parties' fault lines as US midterms loom

Texas voters are choosing their US Senate nominees in primaries that have become a test of how both parties navigate Donald Trump's second presidency -- and a rehearsal of the internal clashes likely to shape November's midterm elections. Democrats and Republicans are using the March 3 contests

Election year underway in Butte-Silver Bow as candidate filing opens for 2026

This isn’t a heavy local election year in Butte-Silver Bow like it is in some Montana counties, but voters will decide several local races, and some candidates hit the courthouse Tuesday as the filing season opened. Justice Court Judge Ben Pezdark was the first to file at the

Tuning Out of Politics Isn't an Option

Tuning Out of Politics Isn't an Option

As political polarization intensifies across social media and on college campuses, many students are disengaging — not because they don’t care, but because they feel overwhelmed by the noise. When keeping up with national politics feels more exhausting than empowering, civic engagement offers students a way to remain politically present

Letter to the Editor: Never Again Is Now, So Vote Like It

My grandfathers both served in WW2 to end the spread of fascist cruelty and Nazi racism, punctuated with atomic bombs and “Never Again.” This isn’t just history to me. A third of my DNA is Ashkenazi Jewish, from Eastern Ukraine. Yet here we are, again, in our own country.

Montana Supreme Court candidate headlines GOP campaign kickoff event in Great Falls

GREAT FALLS — Montana Supreme Court candidate Dan Wilson on Friday headlined the state Republican Party’s premier campaign launch event where the nonpartisan status of his race was, intentionally or not, a punchline in the keynote speech. “If you want to see a Supreme Court that just gives answers and

According to the Government, Reality is Optional

The government is lying about what happened in Minneapolis last month, and it’s hurting our already-damaged democracy. Minneapolis citizens Renée Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by federal immigration officers on Jan. 7 and Jan. 24, respectively. Following both incidents, federal officials gave speeches contradicting clear

Student organization holds emergency ICE protest

Student organization holds emergency ICE protest

Hundreds of community members gathered in downtown Bozeman last Sunday afternoon to protest recent actions carried out by ICE in Minneapolis. The event was organized by MSU’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a nationwide progressive student organization, according to the national SDS website. Shortly after the