Our View: Added Seat a Boon to Montana

In the months leading up to and throughout the U.S. Census count in 2020, the Three Forks Voice and other newspapers across the state published editorials on the importance of residents ensuring they are counted.

Not only was the vote crucial for funding of infrastructure and schools across the state, but the 2020 count also had even more significance because of the possibility of Montana gaining another seat in the United States House of Representatives. When state counts were announced last Monday, it confirmed what many had been predicting the Treasure State gaining another seat in Congress...