The Pulp

1 week ago | thepulp.org | Arren Kimbel-Sannit

The results from Tuesday’s school board and levy votes are in: Missoula voters approved two of three public school levies and retained the incumbent slate of school board members. The levies help fund general operations as well as potentially qualify Missoula schools for additional state funds, important at a time when school districts across the state are facing budget deficits and making cuts accordingly.

1 week ago | thepulp.org | Ari LeVaux

Eating my first potsticker belongs on the list of life experiences that I’ll never forget. It happened at the Oriental Garden Chinese restaurant in my hometown. They were labeled Peking Ravioli, and I had a good feeling about them from the start, all plump and golden brown. I found them filled with an intoxicating mix of pork, ginger and green onion, and I was transformed. The restaurant’s all-you-can-eat buffet offered a full range of classic Chinese delicacies.

2 weeks ago | thepulp.org | Sarah Aswell

Tiffany Haddish is a comic’s comic. As I speak with her during our interview, she repeats her answers several times, playing with her word choice, timing, and delivery each time, and I can see her writing process in real time. Even when she’s not specifically trying to be funny, she wants to get her point across just right, with an economy of words and the biggest impact. And it makes sense.

2 weeks ago | thepulp.org | Arren Kimbel-Sannit

Races for several seats on the Missoula City Council are already taking shape. Filing for council elections opened on April 17 and closes June 16. The municipal primary election is Sept. 9, and the general election is Nov. 4. Missoula city elections are non-partisan. Here’s who has filed to run so far:Betsy Craske is an environmental educator whose platform names affordable housing, climate resilience and multimodal transit as priorities, among other issues. Lucas Moody is a city library staffer.

2 weeks ago | thepulp.org | Katie Fairbanks

This story was originally published by Montana Free Press at montanafreepress.org. As many voters received ballots Tuesday, Missoula County Public Schools officials described the need for the three proposed levies to make the most out of a tight budget. “We have already gone through in the last couple of years and cut all of the fat out of the budget, and so we’re into cutting muscle,” Trustee Lisa Davey said during a press conference Tuesday.