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A Bozeman attorney has announced his candidacy to run for Montana attorney general.

The federal government has awarded a rural southeast Montana health care center almost $2 million to address regional opioid-related overdose risks.

A Kalispell mental health clinic closed its doors in February due to alleged Medicaid fraud. Roughly 200 patients are now without mental health care.

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.

A years-long, undercover investigation dismantled a Butte drug trafficking organization with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. The investigation led to the conviction of 18 Montana residents.

According to the report, Indigenous people accounted for nearly a third of all 2021 missing person reports in Montana, despite only making up roughly 7% of the state’s total population.

Former Montana Lt. Attorney General Kristin Hansen died Thursday morning at the age of 52. Hansen had served as the right hand to Attorney General Austin Knudsen since he took office in January 2021.

Officials of St. Peter's Health in Helena said three public officials threatened doctors after they refused to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, a drug to treat parasites that is not federally approved to treat the respiratory disease,

Montana’s agency responsible for certifying law enforcement officials alleges a former Whitefish Police chief engaged in a wide range of misconduct.

UPDATED 06/22/21 10:30 p.m.After months of battling in court, Republican lawmakers are withdrawing their subpoenas demanding that Montana Supreme Court…