Montana Secretary of State

The Missoula Fire Department is set to hire new firefighters for the first time in nearly two decades after voters approved a funding measure on the primary election ballot.

Jesse James Mullen has filed campaign finance paperwork for the statewide seat in the 2024 election. Mullen is the owner of Mullen Newspaper Company and a former candidate for the state’s House of Representatives.

An effort is underway to revive and expand a wide-reaching cap on property taxes that failed to reach voters in 2022. The latest proposal has been stalled by the attorney general.

Two groups filed lawsuits Wednesday against the governor and the secretary of state arguing that they are violating the Constitution by not allowing lawmakers to vote on whether to override the governor’s veto of a popular bill.

The Montana Secretary of State is moving forward with an appeal to the state’s high court, asking that four voting laws passed in 2021 be allowed to stand.

Bills seeking changes to election policy in Montana have advanced in the state Legislature.

A state senator from Helena is resigning his seat with plans of going on a motorcycle tour.

It’s now too late to mail in absentee ballots for the Nov. 8 midterm election. To ensure ballots get counted on time, voters should drop them off at their local county elections office.

Montana’s top political watchdog has dismissed three complaints filed by Montana’s Secretary of State alleging campaign practice violations.

Preliminary reports from the Montana Secretary of State’s office show voters won’t see any citizen-sponsored initiatives on the ballot this November. All four qualified measures failed to garner the signatures needed to make an appearance.