Montana Department of Justice

State agencies have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending laws passed by the 2021 Legislature in court. Gov. Greg Gianforte wants an additional $2.6 million to bolster the Montana Department of Justice’s legal defense.

According to the report, Indigenous people accounted for nearly a third of all 2021 missing person reports in Montana, despite only making up roughly 7% of the state’s total population.

Montana’s agency responsible for certifying law enforcement officials alleges a former Whitefish Police chief engaged in a wide range of misconduct.

Federal investigators say a domestic violence nonprofit, Montana Native Women’s Coalition, mismanaged more than 333,318 dollars worth of grant money from 2015 to 2018.

UPDATED 06/22/21 10:30 p.m. After months of battling in court, Republican lawmakers are withdrawing their subpoenas demanding that Montana Supreme Court justices and their staff turn over their emails. Opponents of the GOP's request are pushing for a ruling on the legality of the subpoenas.

A Montana Supreme Court justice who voted in a 6-1 ruling to uphold a new law allowing the governor to appoint judges directly to open benches is also...

The third bill in a package meant to address the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis in Montana was signed into law Thursday.

State and federal officials say a large mining clean-up project in Montana is nearly complete and open for recreation. At the Upper Blackfoot Mining...

State and federal officials say a large mining clean up project in Montana is nearly complete and open for recreation.

Proponents of extending a statewide Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that the task force has more work to do to address the still escalating cases of missing and murdered indigenous people, most of whom are minors.