Kristen Juras

Gov. Gianforte created the Red Tape Relief Task Force his second day in office back in 2020. Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras has led the group in poring over the state’s 15,000 regulations on the books looking for places to cut.

In a news release, Gianforte’s office said the governor’s personal trip out of the country has been long-planned with First Lady Susan Gianforte, and they left late last week. It's unclear where the governor is and when he will return.

Montana Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras is the acting executive of the state while Gov. Greg Gianforte is out of the country. The governor’s office did not say where Gianforte is traveling.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over the weekend joined the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in celebrating the return of a western Montana bison range to tribal hands.

Deb Haaland, the first Native American U.S. Secretary of the Interior, will be in western Montana Saturday to help celebrate the return of the Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

The plaintiffs allege the board didn’t give proper public notice before it voted against an update to the Montana teacher code of ethics developed by an education advisory council that would have included “equity” as part of the code.

Federal family planning funding takes a detour in Montana. Abortion is a campaign issue — again. Educators argue over 'equity.' And how will the Dem. congressional candidates differentiate themselves?

In 2009, Montana was caught up in a heated national debate over whether terminally ill patients could expedite their deaths by taking lethal, physician-prescribed medication. More than a decade later, the state is still mired in disagreement about medical aid in dying, in part because courts and elected lawmakers have sidestepped the political hot-potato. Meanwhile, individual Montanans are confronting profound and personal questions about death in their own ways — including whether “good” deaths are even possible.

Montana lawmakers are carrying a handful of bills that would impact transgender people, adding to the record number of proposals seen across the country…

The Montana Capitol steps were submerged under a sea of rainbow colors Monday as a group rallied in protest of bills moving through the Legislature that…