2017 Montana Legislature

The fact Montana lawmakers were going into this week's special legislative session with no pre-negotiated "deal" in place gave many at the Capitol…

The Republican controlled Montana Legislature voted to make permanent nearly $77 million in budget cuts the governor intended to be temporary. Both the…

Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow the state to accept $30 million from CoreCivic, the company that runs the private prison that…

The special session of the Montana Legislature got underway with lawmakers still at odds with the Bullock Administration on how to deal with the projected…

Montana Legislators are considering a temporary increase in lodging and car rental taxes to preserve some government services slated to be cut to address…

The federal government gave Montana a one-year extension to comply with the REAL ID law. Without it, Montanans could not board a commercial airplane or…

Two members of the Montana Board of Regents were at MSU-Billings Wednesday, May 10, 2017, to hear from faculty, staff and students on how to keep higher…

Lawmakers wrapped up Day 85 of their scheduled 90-day Legislative session with no agreement reached on a bonding package.That morning, 11 legislators sat…

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives rejected an attempt to revive a bonding measure that would pay for public school building projects,…

A bill to increase the fuel tax continues to advance down the road as the Legislative session is moving closer to adjournment.“And I find myself in the…