Lee Banville

A news outlet offering reporting by and for Indigenous people is embarking on an expansion in Montana. ICT, formerly Indian Country Today, celebrated the grand opening of its new Missoula-based bureau Tuesday evening.

Montana’s high court has affirmed state lawmakers' ability to hold closed-door meetings when a quorum is not present.

Research into nearly 200,000 Montana death records from the last two decades has put hard numbers to anecdotes about suicides and drug- and…

We all think we know BS when we see it, but do we? University of Montana journalism professor Lee Banville is teaching a course on how to recognize and…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that Lee Newspaper’s State Government Bureau Chief, Holly Michels, has provided comprehensive…

On Tuesday night the candidates for governor Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Mike Cooney faced off in a debate on MontanaPBS. To make sense of what…

The novel coronavirus has canceled many aspects of regular order, but city and state governments are still making decisions that might outlast the...

Political ads for Montana’s 2020 gubernatorial race have appeared on Facebook at least 760,000 times since the start of the year. Montana Public Radio…

The Missoula Independent newspaper that hit the stands last week will be its final edition.Lee Enterprises announced Tuesday it has shut the paper down…

The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana offered some advice to Republican Senator Steve Daines Wednesday. They want him to stop blocking Montana…