Latest Montana state government News
Silenced transgender state lawmaker Zooey Zephyr wins reelection in Montana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr won reelection in a race that will allow the transgender lawmaker to return to the House floor nearly two years after she was silenced and sanctioned by her Republican colleagues. Zephyr, a Democrat, defeated Republican Barbara...
Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state judicial panel is recommending that Montana’s Republican attorney general be suspended from practicing law for 90 days for openly defying court orders and repeatedly attacking the integrity of justices in his defense of a law permitting the state’s Republican...
Living costs dominate a debate between Montana's Republican governor and Democratic challenger
How to help people struggling with Montana's rising cost of living — driven in part by people inspired by the hit show “Yellowstone” to move there — dominated a debate between the state's Republican governor and his Democratic challenger Wednesday. While Democrat Ryan Busse...
Montana's attorney general defends actions at hearing on 41 counts of professional misconduct
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A succession of controversies marks Republican Austin Knudsen's nearly four years as Montana attorney general. His office sided with a man who made an armed threat over a pandemic mask mandate and was accused of pressuring a Helena hospital over its refusal to...
Supreme Court candidates dodge, and leverage, political rhetoric
Judicial forums are not typically known for their entertainment. But during an hour of questions and answers at a late September forum in Great Falls, hosted by the Montana Farmers Union, the four nonpartisan candidates for the open seats on the Montana Supreme Court successfully conveyed that...
ACLU plans to spend $1.3M in educate Montana voters about state Supreme Court candidates
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union plans to spend $1.3 million on campaign advertising to educate Montana voters about where state Supreme Court candidates stand on abortion and other civil rights issues with a measure constitutionally protecting protect abortion access also...
Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion
PHOENIX (AP) — Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion advocates used to collect signatures for...
Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Voters will get to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution of Montana, which on Tuesday became the eighth state to put the issue before the electorate this fall. The Montana Secretary of State’s Office...
