Death Penalty

Tonight on Capitol Talk: The state admits it needs to do a lot better job monitoring for-profit wilderness schools for troubled teens. Economics hold…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A legislative committee has rejected bills that sought to limit or overturn the death penalty in Montana.The House Judiciary…

The long running debate over executing state prisoners is again surfacing in the Montana legislature as two men sit, condemned to die, in Deer Lodge.In…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana lawmaker wants to require prosecutors to provide indisputable biological proof that a person committed a capital crime…

Sen. Daines shuts down Sen. Warren and votes to confirm Betsy DeVos. Will the special congressional election be a mail-only affair? A death penalty repeal…

About 50 miles east of where two men sit on death row in Deer Lodge, Montana lawmakers are again questioning whether the state should continue killing…

Nearly 350 bill proposals have died in the Montana Legislature’s first half. Because of that, here’s some of what will stay the same in the state.The…

This week on Capitol Talk: Sally, Mike and Chuck look back at the week's events at the Montana Legislature, from the Flathead water compact, to dark…

The Montana House Monday came within one vote of approving a bill to abolish the death penalty. Helena Democrat Jenny Eck read a letter signed by 55…

This week on "Capitol Talk": The Flathead water rights compact passes out of committee. A bill intended to "shine sunlight on dark money" is making its…