Montana Legislature

The Montana State News Bureau first reported in October that St. Peter’s Health said three public officials harassed and threatened its providers when doctors declined a patient’s request for a treatment not authorized for use against COVID-19.

Montana’s marijuana regulators are eliminating two widely criticized proposals tied to the state’s January rollout of legal cannabis sales.

The same bill that established the framework of legal, recreational cannabis sales in Montana also allows for the resentencing or expungement of marijuana-related crimes.

Montana’s attorney general is supporting an Ohio lawsuit aiming to stop federal resources from going to clinics that refer patients elsewhere for abortion services.

Recreational cannabis sales begin in less than two months in half of Montana’s counties. Regulators and retailers alike are scrambling to finalize last minute details before that Jan. 1 deadline.

Ahead of Montana’s upcoming first legal recreational marijuana sales, lawmakers this week told state regulators to reconsider several potential rules.

Montana’s program designed to encourage people to reenter the workforce during the pandemic is expected to spend about a third of the money set aside for it. State lawmakers agreed on recommendations for how to spend the leftover $10 million.

A special legislative counsel will investigate allegations that Attorney General Austin Knudsen abused his power to intervene on behalf of a patient at a hospital in Helena.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen plans to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn a temporary block on three laws restricting abortion.

Montana Republican legislators are asking their leaders to form a special panel to investigate the security of the 2020 election. All but a dozen of the 98 state Republicans have signed onto the request. Montana Public Radio’s Shaylee Ragar talks with the Montana State News Bureau’s Sam Wilson to break down what’s fueling the effort.