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  • Opinion Piece

    Russ Tempel|Nov 26, 2025

    I want to thank the US government for getting back to work. In those 50-some days, I was inundated with calls about the SNAP program. We, as Montana Legislators, could do very little to fix the fact that the United States government was locked down. The question for me was not, “Why are 50,000 households in Montana not getting SNAP?” But rather, “How have we gotten to the point where all these households are dependent on SNAP benefits in the first place?” I have asked folks who are way smarter than myself. It seems there is plenty of blame to g...