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Health department officials are asking legislators to change criminal commitment laws amid a bottleneck at the Montana State Hospital.
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From now until the next Montana legislative session in 2023, state lawmakers are studying potential ways they can change the judicial system. That conversation is happening while tensions are high between the two branches of government.
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Montana’s public defender's office is asking state officials for help as it continues to face trouble recruiting and retaining attorneys.Travis Tilleman…
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Montana lawmakers will continue allowing remote participation in legislative committee meetings between legislative sessions. During the 2021 legislative…
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State budget cuts mean the Office of the State Public Defender is freezing salaries and reducing pay to contractors.Testifying before the state…
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Lawmakers will study prisoner solitary confinement and meth and opioid abuse during the legislative interim as they begin to shape new policy proposals…
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Across Montana, 1,400 survivors of sexual assault haven’t had their rape kits processed. Since November, a special task force set up by Attorney General…