Matt Regier

Montana lawmakers are considering about a half-dozen bills that would restrict abortion services. Some business leaders say that could make Montana a less attractive place for employees, but Speaker of the House Matt Regier says the bills won’t impact business.

A ballot measure that seeks to protect infants following failed abortions would impose stiff penalties on health care providers in Montana.

Montana officials are recommending that $22 million in federal stimulus money go toward disability services, COVID-19 screening at schools and programs to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

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.

The "beast bill" heads to the Senate. The attorney general sues over restrictions on the use of federal COVID relief money. Montana could lose millions...

Montana lawmakers have advanced a first draft spending plan for more than $2 billion coming to the state from the latest federal stimulus package. Republicans are seeking to limit funding to cities and counties with some public health restrictions, like mask mandates, in place.

Republicans in the Montana House of Representatives endorsed a state budget Monday that outlines $12 billion in spending over two years. The Republican...

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...