Montana State News
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Dems indicate they won't participate in judicial oversight committee
Montana’s Senate president on Friday announced the appointment of three House Republicans and five Senate Democrat…
Crowded field of Republicans vie to replace Rosendale
The crowded Republican primary contest to replace retiring Congressman Matt Rosendale in Montana’s Eastern District U.S. House race is continuing to take shape.
Asbestos victim's dying words aired in wrongful death case against Buffet's railroad
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Thomas Wells ran a half-marathon at age 60 and played recreational volleyball until he was 63. At 65 years old, doctors diagnosed him with…
Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower cour…
Applications for state property tax assistance programs due Monday
Low-income Montanans seeking help paying their property tax bills have until Tax Day this coming Monday, April 15, to apply for aid through two state relief programs administered by the Montana Department of Revenu…
EQC to send letters urging pause in Columbia Falls Superfund site cleanup decision
Montana’s Environmental Quality Council voted unanimously Wednesday to send letters to Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency recommending support fo…
Donald Trump Jr. to campaign with Gianforte, Zinke in Missoula
Donald Trump Jr. will appear alongside Gov. Greg Gianforte and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke for a campaign event and fundraiser on Sunday, April 28, at the University …
Three-year-old sex education law draws a legal challenge
The constitutionality of a 2021 state law governing parental notification of sex-related discussions in public schools is now being challenged by a coalition of Montana students, teachers and associations represent…
Montana lawmakers call for tighter security on the northern border
Concerned about a surge in immigration along the northern border, Montana lawmakers are pushing the Biden administration to tighten security.
Sheehy says he lied about accidental discharge, gunshot wound incident in Glacier
Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy told The Washington Post in a story published during the weekend he had lied to a Glacier National Park ran…
Groups go to court to get wolves relisted in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming
A prediction, several years in the making, came true on Monday when an alliance of nearly a dozen conservation groups filed suit against the United States Fish…
Victims of Montana asbestos pollution that killed hundreds take Warren Buffett's railroad to court
LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks wh…
Montana GOP slams proposed primary change as ‘destructive'
CHOTEAU – Election reform advocates said passing two initiatives that would change how primary and general elections are conducted in Montana would reduce extr…
Gianforte sending Montana National Guard soldiers to Texas
A Montana National Guard unit is headed to Texas after Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed an executive disaster declaration earlier this week for the U.S.-M…
Montana Senate GOP forms select committee on ‘judicial reform’
Montana Senate Republicans are launching a new special select committee following several court decisions that went against their favored outcomes, saying thos…