Jason Ellsworth

A district court judge earlier this week partially stalled state lawmakers’ plans to set up a new system of charter schools in Montana. The decision does allow the newly formed commission in charge of charter schools to begin meeting.

Republican Senate President Jason Ellsworth says he has ‘not been abusive.’

A Helena woman alleged in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court that the Hamilton Republican physically abused her and threatened her with a firearm during their six-year relationship.

Montana’s attorney general has joined nine other states in suing the federal government over rate increases for national flood insurance.

The state policymaking process is still ongoing about a month after the 68th Legislature adjourned. Legislators have more than a dozen of the governor’s vetoes to consider overriding, and there are still bills that have yet to be signed or vetoed. Democrats say the process is taking unnecessarily long.

Republican lawmakers are continuing to question the constitutionality of the proposed maps for the state's political boundaries. They’ve advanced amendments that they want to see in the final drawing

A long line of Republican lawmakers have voiced dismay with proposed maps outlining Montana’s new legislative districts. Lawmakers can offer feedback but can’t change the maps.

Montana Republican lawmakers have elected new legislative leaders for the House of Representatives and state Senate ahead of the 2023 session.

A state senator in Montana has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a peace officer after a traffic stop in May during which he threatened to call the attorney general and argued he couldn't be arrested because he was a lawmaker on his way to legislative business.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The two newest members of the Montana Public Service Commission told a legislative committee Monday they've spent their first five…