Reps. Melissa Nikolakakos, R-Great Falls, Gary Parry, R-Colstrip, and Curtis Shomer, R-Billings, take their oath of office on the first day of the 69th Legislature on Jan. 6, 2025. (Micah Drew/Daily ...

HELENA, Mont. — Weeks before the 68th Legislature, Montana lawmakers garnered national attention with news that Rep. Steve Gunderson, R-Libby, was considering a measure to revise Montanans’ right to a ...

The 68th session of the Montana Legislature is one that every Montanan can be proud of. Voters sent a Republican supermajority to Helena and the first thing we did was return overpaid tax dollars to ...

2022 presented complex challenges for our state and nation including inflation, political instability, and a global pandemic. With that backdrop, the 68th Legislature came together with the goal of ...

HELENA, Mont. — Senate and House Republicans, selecting leaders who will preside over the 2025 Legislature, chose Senator-elect Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, as Senate president and Rep. Brandon Ler, ...

Montana’s elected officials have failed Montana citizens. It’s time for answers – and change. Instead of investing in public institutions and infrastructure, creating fair tax codes, and supporting ag ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — The Montana Legislature eased into its mid-session transmittal break Friday, offering ...

A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the most significant health care debate of the 2025 Montana ...

Lawmakers in Montana’s state legislature advanced bills in April that would shake up zoning, land use and building codes, making it much easier for property owners to build new housing — and much ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — The 69th Montana Legislature will require much patience and a lot of hard work — said ...