Over the 85-day session, the nine Republicans voted with 18 Senate Democrats to rearrange committee assignments, move bills ...

A bill that would remove the ability of Montana voters to elect all five of the Montana Public Service Commission members, and instead give the governor and the Montana Senate the power to appoint ...

With the Montana Legislature’s 69th session now officially at a close, leaders have been looking back at what they got done ...

After 85 days, introducing more than 1,000 bills and passing a two-year state budget, the Montana Legislature has adjourned ...

The minority took full advantage, remaking legislative committees and banding with a handful of moderate Republicans to ...

Signs of disrepair are scattered throughout the 115-year-old building, from chipping plaster to cracked paint and water ...

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HELENA — It’s a time-honored April tradition at the Montana Legislature that, as spring flowers begin to blossom and lawmakers barrel into the late-session time crunch, bills knocked back to ...

Crowds rallied outside the Colorado Capitol building to oppose actions taken by President Trump's administration and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. The 50501 Movement began as an ...

That effort led to anti-Trump protests at state capitol buildings across the nation. Hunter Dunn, a spokesperson for 50501, described the group as a “pro-democracy, pro-Constitution, anti ...

Those of us living in the Intermountain West have an easy exit to get outdoors. The ability to quickly find public access, however, has become more difficult over time. Crowding would be a problem ...

Capitol Talk is MTPR's weekly legislative news and analysis program. MTPR's Sally Mauk is joined by Montana Free Press State Editor Holly Michels and Lee Banville, Director of the University of ...