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

As reporters covering the statehouse, we have a variety of tools we can use as we work to help you, our readers, understand what’s happening at the Capitol. Junque files, particularly when bills are ...

Republican and Democratic legislative leaders say they prefer alternatives to the governor’s proposed cut to the state’s ...

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

Educators from across Montana weigh in with personal stories in support of a new bill targeting the state’s teacher shortage.

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 ...

Stevensville resident Bryce Eggleston, in a deposition obtained by Montana Free Press, testified that it wasn’t Republican ...

Amid President Donald Trump’s directive to halt federal grants and loans, Calumet subsidiary Montana Renewables expects to ...

Montana Free Press, in collaboration with Rutgers University, is conducting a survey of Montanans about issues facing the state and its residents. If you ...

A national freeze on federal grant dollars ordered by President Donald Trump has produced confusion and some alarm from ...

Montana’s Medicaid program will expire in mid-2025 if state legislators don’t vote to continue it. Three bills, two that would continue the program and one that would end it, spurred hours of ...