Katie Sullivan

Montana voters will see two statewide issues on the ballot this fall, including one that seeks to boost legal protections for electronic data.

State lawmakers studying facial recognition technology expressed concerns about student privacy when the tech is used in schools. The state Economic Affairs Interim Committee Monday met with a school district that has put in place facial recognition technology, and leading public school associations and agencies.

Facial recognition technology has been put into at least one school district in Montana. The surveillance, characterized as a safety tool, is in use as policy makers in Montana debate how to regulate that kind of technology.

The Montana House has passed largely along party lines three different proposals to regulate and tax recreational marijuana. Lawmakers faced a looming procedural deadline Thursday and are now handing the policy debate over to the Senate.

The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a bill that aims to protect businesses from liability in COVID-19 related lawsuits. The policy is key in…

HELENA -- As the cost of prescription drugs continues to rise, one bill moving through the Montana Legislature would require pharmaceutical manufacturers…