Lawyers cautioned Senate Ethics Committee members Monday that a mid-February end date for the investigations and hearings ...

A majority of lawmakers in the Montana Senate voted in favor of a bill Monday that would create a felony for parents, medical providers and other adults who provide or procure gender-transition ...

The 69th Legislature is starting week 5. Lawmakers have begun an ethics investigation into a sitting senator. Legislation ...

The Montana state health department eliminated its tribal relations manager position when the last person who held the job ...

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A House committee on Friday gave early approval to House Bill 207, which would double the number of signatures independent ...

Lewis and Clark County and the city of Helena hired the consulting group Great West Engineering to study and develop a plan ...

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On a bitterly cold night in February of 2023, a heated legislative hearing on a water policy proposal ran so late into the ...

The legislation, Senate Bill 164, is one of several strategies Republican lawmakers in Montana and other states have advanced ...

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