A great start for improving public safety

Looking east from Montana toward Washington, D.C., the view can be grim at times. Congress and the president are too often bogged down in rancorous bickering while solutions to our nation's most pressing challenges take a back seat to politics. But when it comes to protecting public safety, the 2013 legislative session showed we do things better here in Montana.

When I took office as your attorney general in January. I supported and introduced legislation addressing issues such as child abuse prevention, repeat DUI offenders, consumer protection, and public safety. Working with members of both...