Mike McGrath

Gender identity and anti-trans legislation are a repeat focus this session. Lawmakers begin work on property tax changes. The governor is quiet about Medicaid expansion. Sen. Sheehy wants to know how many pushups the Secretary of Defense nominee can do.

State Attorney General Austin Knudsen is making headlines — but not the kind you want when you're seeking reelection. Two state Supreme Court candidates are hoping to get voters' attention.

Voters will have a chance to hear from candidates running for the Montana Supreme Court twice this week at two public forums.

Judges on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals honored new member Anthony Johnstone at a ceremony in Missoula last Friday.

Flathead County election administrator Debbie Pierson says an administrative error led to more than 170 people casting ballots in the wrong ward. Broadwater County Attorney Cory Swanson has entered the Montana Supreme Court race. Montana’s reps in the U.S. House split their votes over the expulsion of now-former Republican Rep. George Santos.

A Helena attorney has entered the for chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court.

Republican lawmakers have adopted an official report accusing the Montana judicial branch of misconduct. The state’s chief supreme court justice has demanded a retraction of the report and called it “libelous.”

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

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.

Montana lawmakers continue their investigation into allegations of bias among members of the judicial branch. After a series of rapid developments,…