David Erickson

@nealpeircefdn To read the full grant-supported, six-part series on Montana's affordable housing crisis I wrote, visit missoulian.com/news/local/now…

An investigation by the Missoulian's Cory Walsh. As film studio executives were helping behind the scenes to craft a film tax incentive bill in the MT Legislature, they were also quietly buying a former Missoula mill that would qualify for those tax breaks missoulian.com/entertainment/…

NYT showing how the 2017 tax cuts led to more billionaires having more influence in who gets elected. Tax cuts were extended in 2025

"Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards." @nytimes nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/…

Rob, Seaborn and I try to make sense of a BONKERS week in Montana politics … @mtpublicradio @MTPol @RobSaldin @SeabornLarson mtpr.org/podcast/campai…

@bresreports @allymutnick Going how long back, have you heard? Curious about the timeframe

@allymutnick Daines quietly told other Republican senators of his plan to retire, I’m told Unclear if/who he discussed Alme plan with

Kurt ALME, US attorney for Montana, filed to run as a Republican for #MTSEN just 8 minutes before deadline closed And Daines withdrew 👀👀👀

Daines retiring. Been the wildest week in Montana politics I can remember since…yeah

Damn so it is true

Got my first robotext from Seth Bodnar’s U.S. Senate campaign and it called me by the wrong name

Montana cattle and sheep producers say there's an acute labor shortage of American workers in rural areas for livestock auctions and feedlots. So, they're asking the federal government to allow foreign workers to do those jobs: missoulian.com/news/local/bus…

Read to find out what former MT Congressional candidate this story is about 👀

Terrible news. Mike was a champion of government transparency and a superb community reporter. Gone far too soon: Old-school newspaperman': Montana Standard reporter Mike Smith remembered for getting it right missoulian.com/news/state-and… via @missoulian

This was crushing to hear today. Mike was a pro and just a great guy. Rest in power, Boomer Sooner. :(

It's with great sadness we announce the death of @MontanaStandard reporter Mike Smith. Duncan Adams and Tracy Thornton wrote an amazing tribute to him, an amazing journalist and even better man. He will be dearly missed. mtstandard.com/news/local/art… #mtnews

NEW: There are 11 unnamed data center companies that are in the early stages of looking to buy power from NorthWestern Energy, the company recently revealed. That's on top of three companies in more advanced stages of planning. Enviro groups want names: #tracking-source=home-top-story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">missoulian.com/news/local/bus…

The developer who is proposing a new travel plaza and 300-400 homes east of Missoula gave new details about the project recently. And there might be new jobs coming back to that huge vacant building in this picture 👀 missoulian.com/news/local/bus…

ICYMI: Tenants at a historic downtown Missoula apartment building were ordered to vacate amid plans to remodel the structure. The Howard Apartments were first built in 1891 and had some of the cheapest rents in town. W/@David__Erickson #tracking-source=mp-homepage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">missoulian.com/news/local/bus…

Missoula taco shop workers get in a spat with owner over an anti-ICE sign they wanted to hang, but she refused. Eight of them no longer working there: missoulian.com/news/local/bus…

Keep watching the Missoulian and our other newspapers for the rest of the series next week.

The first two parts of our series on poaching in Montana is out. First up: Warden estimates 90% of wildlife crimes go undetected: missoulian.com/outdoors/artic…