Legislative Audit Committee

An audit of Montana’s Office of Public Instruction raises questions over how the agency spent more than $67 million in federal funding.

State agencies have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending laws passed by the 2021 Legislature in court. Gov. Greg Gianforte wants an additional $2.6 million to bolster the Montana Department of Justice’s legal defense.

The head of the Montana Department of Corrections defended his agency today after state auditors told a legislative committee that the department broke…