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"Pretty wild to see the homeless camps in Portland...err...Missoula, Montana." Turns out, the story I wrote in response to the Missoula homeless camp ended up being my top story for 2022 based on local page views here in Montana.

Heidi and Ladd Paulson have been fighting this battle for over 20 years, since Ladd was severely wounded while on duty as a police officer in Billings, Montana.

I've been trying really hard not to mention that one popular TV show that everyone is always talking about, but there was no getting around it today- and for good reason.

You probably heard the latest news that Montana state government employees are now banned from using the Chinese-owned app TikTok on state-owned devices and for state business.

We were discussing my list of the "Top 10 Montana Stories of 2022" based on local page views. Here is the Joker's Top 10 list of national stories for 2022.

As I look back on the top 10 stories that I covered for the year 2022, this was certainly a remarkable story- and thankfully it had a happy ending. Remember the little boy that went missing in the woods near Troy, Montana and was found safe two days later?

We jump right into it with the Montana legislature and the US Congress both starting new sessions the first week of January. One of the big hot button topics will continue to be the transgender debate, especially when it comes to the controversial targeting of children by the radical Left.

We also got a Montana take on the latest evidence showing collusion between the FBI and the Democrats to interfere in elections and suppress free speech.

I like all three that made the top of the list- but I still can't believe that Taco Johns wasn't in the top three.

Foreign ownership of land, bison in Yellowstone and the APR, the water courts and more. Here's our chat with the President and 1st Vice President of the Montana Stockgrowers Association during their 138th Annual Convention taking place in Billings.

There's a big meeting coming up Saturday for legislative redistricting here in Montana. The public has the opportunity to weigh in on the proposed maps both in person at the capitol, and online via Zoom.

Congressional Republicans have secured an agreement forcing the Biden Administration to do away with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate targeting our troops, and they've secured a pay raise for the troops as well.