Mike Hopkins

Congressional opponents of a ban on assault weapons, including Montana Sen. Jon Tester, aren't swayed by another school shooting. Neither are many state legislators, who want to expand, not limit, gun rights in Montana. A reference to Satanism prompts a walkout in a Senate committee hearing. And wilderness schools for troubled teens are once again in the legislative spotlight

The Montana House of Representatives has endorsed a package of bills directing $1.4 billion in state spending for public works projects.

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a package of bills into law Monday that represents roughly a billion dollars in tax cuts, rebates, paying down the state’s debt and spending on roads and bridges. Montana lawmakers are considering a proposed change to the state Constitution to limit the power of the Board of Regents, which oversees the state university system.

Bills seeking changes to election policy in Montana have advanced in the state Legislature.

Republican Rep. Mike Hopkins, R-Missoula, is the sponsor of House Bill 8, the bill that would authorize state loans for local projects and use the coal-severance tax, or taxes collected on coal mined in Montana, to back those loans.

The dispute between Republican legislative leadership and the state Supreme Court will likely continue after the legislative session ends. This as Montana…

As of mid-day Friday, 1,282 bills had been introduced and at least 153 had been signed into law. This week we’re watching the ideological split within the…

Gov. Gianforte is one of Montana's new cases of COVID. The marijuana bills are now in the Senate's lap. The House votes to abide by the First Amendment.…

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.

More than 30 people testified during a marathon hearing over one of three bills Montana lawmakers are workshopping to stand up the state’s forthcoming recreational marijuana program.