Three weeks after officially launching his campaign to become chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court, former State Auditor John Morrison is dropping out of the race and endorsing another candidate.
The Montana Association of Counties (MACo) is going to the state Supreme Court, in the latest legal action aimed at settling a battle between the state and counties over property tax rules.
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered all 56 counties in Montana to submit responses during the next month to a request from the Montana Quality Education Coalition that the court require each county to levy the full 95 state education equalization mills as some counties try to levy less from their residents because of property tax increases.
Attorney General Austin Knudsen is facing 41 counts of professional misconduct with a special counsel alleging he defied and repeatedly sought to undermine the Montana Supreme Court.