Matt Rosendale

Montana’s U.S. senators and representative introduced legislation this week to approve the development of hydropower at Sun River’s Gibson dam.

A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Montana’s congressional delegation agrees that acts of violence should be condemned. But they disagree on how to characterize what happened and how to move forward.

The nonpartisan newsletter Cook Political Report with Amy Walter rated Montana’s eastern district as solidly Republican, and the state’s western district as competitive, but likely Republican. The publication based its analysis on past presidential election results.

Montana’s lone voice in the U.S. House did not join the majority this week in voting to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress.

A roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate plan passed out of the U.S House Friday, without the support of Montana’s lone congressman. The measure narrowly passed out of the U.S. House Friday morning on a near party-line vote of 220 to 213.

Montana is expected to receive billions of dollars to repair its highways, expand internet connectivity and improve drinking water lines as part of an infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed Monday.

Montana’s Republican congressional delegation and governor are calling on the Biden administration to stop resettling Afghans in the state after an Afghan man was charged with rape in Missoula.

The Biden administration says fully vaccinated travelers will be allowed to enter the U.S. at border crossings with Canada regardless of the reason for travel for the first time since March 2020.

The Biden administration announced Monday the land border with Canada will remain restricted to all nonessential travel through Oct. 21. That’s in contrast with Canada’s side of the border, which since Aug. 9 has been open for U.S. citizens who are fully vaccinated and have tested negative for the coronavirus.

Montana is slated to welcome 75 Afghan refugees, and reactions from the state’s elected officials are varying about the news.