Montana's Agenda

Issues Shaping Our State

Newsletter Archives (PDF)

Winter 2008
Is There a Better Way to Select Montana Judges?

Fall 2007
A Day (Half or Full?) in the Life of a Kindergartner

Spring 2007
Coal Bed Methane: Its Promise and Problems

Winter 2007
The Regional Primary: Giving the West a Megaphone

Fall 2006
Indian Education For All

Spring 2006
Trying to Throw the Bums Out: The Unanticipated Consequences of Term Limits

Winter 2006
Some Synfuel Thoughts, with Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer

Autumn 2005
The Contours of Montana Public Opinion

Spring 2005
The Teacher's Voice: A Quality-Education Conversation

Winter 2004-05
Many Montanas

Montana's Agenda is published by The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, and is edited by James Lopach, professor of Political Science; Carol Van Valkenburg, professor of Journalism; Jean Luckowski, professor of Education; Larry Swanson, associate director, O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West; Bob Brown, senior fellow, O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West; and Jim Foley, University executive vice president. Send ideas for future issues to james.lopach@umontana.edu.