Mike Menahan

A Helena judge struck down several laws restricting abortion access and ruled they’re unconstitutional. The laws and one state health department rule were adopted by Republican policymakers in 2023.

A district court in Helena temporarily blocked a pair of state agency rules that prevented transgender Montanans from updating their identification documents.

The Legislature's judicial oversight committee formed earlier this year following a series of Montana Supreme Court decisions some Republican lawmakers viewed as overreach.

Montana’s Attorney General asked the state Supreme Court to take over a case about who can sign issue ballot petitions. Those signatures are under a deadline to be counted.

A Helena judge has ordered Montana elections’ officials to accept signatures from inactive voters who signed citizen ballot initiatives earlier this year.

Some families of students with disabilities in Montana may be reimbursed by the state for private education expenses following a district court ruling this week.

A state court has ordered Montana’s Governor and Secretary of State to let lawmakers vote on whether to override the veto on a 2023 bill to redistribute marijuana sales tax revenue.

A state judge has temporarily blocked new restrictive abortion policies from going into effect while their constitutionality can be hashed out in court. Montana Public Radio’s Shaylee Ragar was in the courtroom and joined Austin Amestoy to break down what happened.

A Helena judge has blocked four anti-abortion bills and a health department rule restricting Medicaid coverage of abortion while lawsuits challenging their constitutionality play out.

Restrictions on abortion passed by the Montana Legislature have again been temporarily blocked in court