Montana Politics

President Donald Trump is slashing the Department of Education’s workforce. MTPR’s Austin Amestoy speaks with Montana Superintendent of Schools Susie Hedalen to learn how public education in Montana may be impacted.

The Montana Department of Corrections is scoping potential locations for a new women’s prison. Department officials pitched Butte commissioners on the idea.

The Montana Department of Labor & Industry Wednesday held a statewide training event for laid-off federal workers. Attendees were offered assistance applying for unemployment benefits and seeking new jobs.

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.

Policy that would change Montana’s bedrock environmental law will be taken up when lawmakers resume their work later this week.

Montana’s two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday voted in favor of Republican leaders’ bill to fund the federal government through September.

The National Park Service has reported record breaking visitation last year. But agency employees are now being told to avoid talking about those numbers, according to a reported internal memo.

Montana officials recently laid out a plan to address housing affordability in the state. Despite rising costs, federal funding for housing aid could remain flat.

Montana Democrats were joined by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for an annual fundraising dinner over the weekend where they reflected on their election losses. One candidate is already gearing up for 2026.

Montana’s public universities believe they’re in compliance with recent Trump Administration orders banning diversity practices in higher ed. At least one campus is quickly combing through its departments to make sure that’s the case.