Montana Supreme Court

The Montana Supreme Court will move forward with six justices to consider the constitutionality of a new law that gives the governor more discretion to appoint judges.

A second judge has recused himself from a case before the Montana Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of a new law that gives the governor more discretion to appoint judges.

Linda Heim knew her dad didn’t plan to wait for the cancer to kill him. For decades, he’d lived in Montana, which they’d thought was one of the few...

A bipartisan group is petitioning the Montana Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional a bill allowing the governor to directly appoint district court judges and state Supreme Court justices during vacancies.

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.

Electric utility regulators in Montana are backing a bill that would do away with a code they say is unnecessarily restrictive in requiring electric utilities to draw energy from small, community owned renewables like wind or solar.

After nearly two decades of a Democratic governor vetoing anti-abortion legislation, Montana is poised for a major change — and possible legal battles —...

A Montana lawmaker introduced a bill Wednesday that would require local law enforcement officers to honor requests from federal immigration agencies to detain undocumented immigrants.

NorthWestern Energy says this year it received several applications from developers hoping to build storage only batteries under a state law that encourages development of small, community owned renewables.

The Montana Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a last-minute legal challenge to block a ballot measure that would legalize marijuana sales to Montanans...