Matt Regier

HELENA — The Montana Legislature has considered nearly a dozen bills this session aimed at changing how Montana’s judicial branch is formed and how it works.

Montana lawmakers Thursday merged several House bills that would create more oversight for a governor and county health boards during a declared state of emergency.

Montana lawmakers voted down a bill Tuesday that would have made judicial elections partisan. It was just one of several policy changes aimed at...

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

HELENA, Mont. — When the pandemic hit, health officials in Montana’s Beaverhead County had barely begun to fill a hole left by the 2017 closure of the local public assistance office, mental health clinic, chemical dependency center and job placement office after the state’s last budget shortfall.

Montana Republicans in the state House of Representatives have advanced four bills that would make accessing abortion more difficult.

Montana lawmakers heard two more bills on Wednesday that were aimed at changing how the state regulates abortion.

Montana lawmakers have set the first rough outline for state health department spending at about a billion dollars less than the agency’s current budget...

Montana lawmakers clashed this week over how best to conduct the 2021 legislative session. One change going into effect could determine what bills get a...

Gun regulation can cause heated arguments across the nation and especially in Montana, where over half of the citizenry owns a registered firearm. This election Montana voters will decide whether to restrict local governments’ ability to enact their own gun control measures.