Glacier and Yellowstone national parks will remain open during the government shutdown, according to a federal memo. A major drop in staffing will impact park services and gateway communities.

Turning Point USA will resume its college tour two weeks after its founder, Charlie Kirk, was murdered on a Utah university campus. The tour stops in Montana in October.

The future of a land-use plan for tens of millions of acres of public land in eastern Montana is in doubt. The U.S. House of Representatives voted this month to throw the plan out. The plan came together over years with input from producers, tribes and energy companies.

The new vice chair of the Montana Democratic Party has resigned three days after his election following his criticism of former Sen. Jon Tester, and the party's messaging.

Planned Parenthood clinics in Montana are no longer able to bill Medicaid for any services. Federal appeals court last week overturned a previous ruling that blocked the policy from taking effect.

Montana Democrats elected new leaders over the weekend. Newer voices prevailed over stalwart members of the party.

How much does it cost to teach a child in Montana, and what’s the right way to pay the bill? That’s the question a group of lawmakers and education advocates will attempt to answer over the next year and a half. MTPR’s Austin Amestoy sat down with host Elinor Smith to explain why finding the answer could be easier said than done.

The Bureau of Land Management under President Biden decided to end the sale of new coal leases in an area spanning across southeastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming and parts of South Dakota. Montana Rep. Troy Downing carried a joint resolution to reverse that decision. That resolution passed in the House late last week.

Montana's top leaders are mourning the death of 31-year-old Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist gunned down Wednesday at a political rally in Utah.

The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority recently hosted a conference in Livingston’s retired railroad station. It focused on restoring stops like the Historic Depot through renewing Amtrak’s Big Sky North Coast Corridor.