Christi Jacobsen

A pamphlet sent to voters includes information based on laws passed last year by Republicans. But a district court judge struck down the laws late last month.

The office says it has spent $1.4 million dollars on lawsuits — $1.3 million dollars more than it had budgeted to defend controversial election laws passed in the 2021 session.

A Billings judge temporarily suspended four new election laws passed by Republicans in 2021, saying the plaintiffs make a compelling case that they’re unconstitutional.

The group of 10 Montana lawmakers is asking for a joint committee to investigate the state’s election security, saying there’s “widespread belief” among Montanans that irregularities have sown doubt in the state's election integrity.

A panel of federal judges has struck down the current map outlining the districts for Montana’s utility oversight commission and implemented a new one. The order comes days before the filing deadline for candidates running for the commission.

Montana’s union for public employees and several private business owners say the attorney general and secretary of state didn’t properly vet a proposed constitutional initiative that would cap how much the state can tax property.

Montana’s largest labor union filed a lawsuit today against Montana’s secretary of state over same-day voting registration restrictions passed during the 2021 legislative session.

The new laws in question limit voter identification acceptable at the polls, restrict ballot drop-offs and eliminate same-day voter registration.

Missoula Democratic state Sen. Bryce Bennett is resigning from the Montana Legislature to take a job in Washington D.C.

The dispute between Republican legislative leadership and the state Supreme Court will likely continue after the legislative session ends. This as...