Montana Board of Regents

A nonprofit that encourages civic engagement and voting among college students says it’s set to lose an estimated $50,000 in student fees next year. That information was first reported by the Daily Montanan.

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.

A Gallatin County District Court Judge last week ruled that the state cannot enforce three laws on college campuses passed during the 2021 legislative session. The laws ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports; prohibit groups from registering voters in dorms or dining halls; and craft new guidelines for harassment and free speech policies on college campuses.

A longtime educator and former Montana Lt. Governor, Angela McLean, will temporarily take the helm at Bitterroot College as it prepares for the start of autumn semester.

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the state Legislature does not have the authority to legislate gun rules on college campuses. The justices struck down part of a new law that would have expanded concealed carry rights on campuses.

The Montana’s Board of Regents has given approval for Montana State University to name a computer science department building the Gianforte School of Computing.

Updated 06/07/21 at 7 p.m.HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state judge on Monday granted a request by the Montana Board of Regents to extend a temporary restraining…

A judge has temporarily blocked a new Montana law allowing the concealed carry of firearms on public university campuses.

The Montana Supreme Court has denied requests to consider the legality of four laws impacting public universities, including one that would allow concealed carry of firearms on campuses.

In separate actions, Montana’s public higher education officials and the state’s largest union for public employees are suing the state over laws that…