Montana Politics

Whitefish rental assistance program will start accepting applications in January. Gov. announces property tax task force as lawmakers consider a special session. Attorney general sues Facebook & Instagram, alleging serious risks to children.

A lawsuit argues a new map drawing election districts for the Public Service Commission is too partisan.

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.

The Montana Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the state has the power to compel counties to collect a property tax that helps fund public schools. Nearly all counties in the state had banded together to collect less than the full tax.

The law is seen an important test case. More than a dozen other states are weighing similar bans of the wildly popular video-streaming app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company.

Cascade County commissioners finalized a vote Tuesday to change the way they select their chairperson. They faced a wave of opposition.

Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen has responded to professional misconduct charges issued earlier this fall. The state’s top attorney is requesting the charges to be dismissed.

A pro-abortion group wants to enshrine abortion rights into the state Constitution. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana submitted the ballot proposition last week.

A proposed ballot initiative to create an open-primary in Montana is moving forward per a recent state Supreme Court ruling.

The Montana Supreme Court Wednesday ordered counties to collect the full amount of property taxes ordered by the state.