The appointment follows a new law passed during the 2021 legislative session that eliminates the judicial nomination commission and allows the governor to appoint judges to vacancies.

District Court Judge Michael McMahon on Tuesday granted the state Board of Regents' request for a permanent injunction against legislation that sought to block the regents from regulating the possession or storage of firearms on campuses.

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 COVID-19 patient’s request for a treatment not authorized for use against COVID-19.

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

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Democratic State Rep. Laurie Bishop bowed out of the race for Montana’s new U.S. House seat on Thursday, a week after the congressional district boundaries were finalized, leaving her hometown of Livingston outside of the district in which she was running.

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.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte declared Monday the beginning of Apprenticeship Week in Montana as the administration continues looking for ways to address the state’s labor shortage.

A final congressional map outlining the state's two U.S. House districts was submitted to the Montana secretary of state’s office Friday. Montana’s redistricting commission reversed course on an earlier amendment.

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