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A bipartisan effort to prevent frivolous lawsuits regarding 1st Amendment rights continues moving through the legislature ...

The Montana Legislature has reached the halfway point and there’s good news. Compared to the acrimony and partisanship of the last several legislatures, the 2025 session has moved toward a ...

A new bill under consideration in the Montana legislature is sparking debate over gender-affirming care. Senate Bill 218, ...

Legislators are doubling down on efforts to reform a set of state grants dedicated to local arts and cultural projects.

Montana House Republicans have advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to establish “personhood” starting at conception.

The initial success of the legislation, which faced significant criticism last session, is indicative of a larger pattern. At ...

As noted in a previous column, March 7 was the Legislative Transmittal Deadline for general bills to be “transmitted” from one legislative chamber to the other.

Two bills that are priorities for the Legislature’s American Indian Caucus ... Windy Boy motioned that the Montana Indian Child Welfare and Indian Education for All bills be pulled from the ...

A Utah lawsuit looks to move some federal land into state hands.On Monday, the House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations ...

HELENA — The Montana Legislature eased into its mid-session transmittal break Friday, offering the body’s Republican majority and Democratic minority a chance to trumpet their accomplishments ...

The Montana Legislature is off for most of this week as a sort of intermission to rejuvenate and allow staff to catch up on work and prepare for the final 42 possible days of the 2025 session.