Greg Gianforte

Health officials say residents who test positive for COVID-19 using at-home tests should isolate, notify close contacts and report the results to the county. The state will soon be receiving 650,000 more tests to distribute.

Six hundred fifty thousand rapid COVID-19 tests will arrive in Montana later this month. Until then, the state health department says a national shortage on the tests has prevented orders from getting filled.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is requesting the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a dispute between Republican lawmakers and Montana’s highest court.

Montana’s seasonal firefighters are getting a pay bump. State officials hope the roughly 12% immediate raise, which brings minimum base pay to $15.50, will help recruit and retain more wildland firefighters.

Gov. Greg Gianforte said Tuesday the state can continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic without government mandates. He acknowledged the omicron variant is likely to drive up cases in Montana.

The story of Montana's labor force is more complicated than the unemployment number. The state is simultaneously seeing all-time low labor-force participation.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern portion of the state, including areas in and around Glacier National Park, officials said Monday.

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.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday the Biden administration does not have the authority to implement a vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Gov. Greg Gianforte on Tuesday applauded a federal court decision pausing the Biden administration’s rule mandating COVID-19 vaccines or testing for employers with 100 or more employees.