Eric Matthews

When voters authorized the Montana Lottery in 1986, the promise was that lottery revenues would be used for education funding. Now, with schools facing budget woes and lawmakers debating funding bills, one listener wants to know if this gamble is paying off.

Some Montana parents sending their students back to school this fall had new options to pick from. The state’s first batch of 17 public charter schools opened their doors less than a year after they first got the green light.

House Bill 356 would prohibit state entities from contracting with companies that have adopted policies that limit dealings with the firearms industry.