Jason Ellsworth

Four newly established advisory commissions will make recommendations to Montana’s governor on how to spend more than $1.5 billion of federal pandemic relief funds.

After more than a week of debate, a single framework to regulate Montana’s forthcoming recreational marijuana program is headed to the full Senate for consideration. It passed another hurdle Wednesday evening after being reshaped by a special legislative committee.

A debate over the role of money in deer and elk hunting in Montana has fizzled out in the Legislature.

HELENA - Senators on a special committee will attempt to roll three bills into one to build Montana’s recreational marijuana program.

Montana lawmakers are postponing Friday’s floor sessions and not meeting in person in response to an outside case of COVID-19.

HELENA — After it narrowly passed the Senate, the Montana House of Representatives is now considering a bill that would prohibit local governments from making rules about the sale of electronic cigarettes.

Montana Republican Sen. Jason Ellsworth chairs the Select Committee on Marijuana Law on April 13, 2021.

Montana's had a 4% sales tax on hotel rooms and rental cars since the late '80s but the way people rent rooms and cars has changed a lot since then. A...

Montana's two senators are expected to split their votes on impeachment. The governor has lifted the state's mandatory mask mandate, and Attorney...

Some Helena businesses are raising concerns about state legislators flouting public health guidance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lewis and Clark...