Mary Caferro

Montana lawmakers added $1 billion back into a preliminary outline of the state health department’s biennial budget. The lawmakers overseeing state...

A Montana state emergency housing program spent a bit over half of the federal coronavirus relief dollars it was given in 2020. State officials say the more than 6 million unspent dollars is now being sent elsewhere.

State health department officials gave legislators an update Monday on the agency’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials say that...

The state health department is changing how its programs for kids and families collaborate. Health officials announced Friday those services will now...

New analysis from the state health department shows the new Medicaid work requirements set to take effect on Jan. 1 will apply to more Montanans than...

As senators who are both hitting their term-limits, Chas Vincent, R-Libby, and Mary Caferro, D-Helena, both agree that as a state with term limits,…

A tax on medical marijuana is now on it’s way to the governor's desk after passing out of the House Tuesday morning. A signature from Governor Steve...

A significant tax increase to cigarettes, chew and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, got its first hearing in the House today, having...

MTPR's Capitol Reporter Corin Cates-Carney recounts Monday's day-long debate over the state budget bill in the Senate.

A proposal to increase tobacco taxes, which would also impose Montana's first ever tax on vapor and e-cigarettes got its first debate in the Senate...