Jonathon Ambarian

ollowing a daylong hearing on other issues, the Children, Families, Health and Human Services Interim Committee finished its meeting with Republicans and Democrats deadlocking on two motions related to abortion and the recent federal gun safety legislation.

Reaction poured in quickly from Montana elected leaders in the minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision overturning Roe v. Wade – eliminating a nationwide guarantee of abortion rights.

Eric Feaver, one of Montana’s most prominent labor leaders and now a Helena city commissioner, has passed away.

Former U.S. Rep. and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s campaign says he filed a required financial disclosure form Tuesday – more than a month after the original deadline.

For two days, the room that normally serves as the House chamber is once again “Convention Hall,” just as it was when 100 delegates from across Montana started hammering out a plan for a new constitution.

a Montana legislative committee said the state needs to do something to respond to the growth of facial recognition technology – but members aren’t yet on the same page about what that should be.

After a tight race and a nearly 48-hour wait for the final results, it appears former U.S. Rep. and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has secured the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Montana’s new western congressional district.

By Wednesday afternoon, the Republican primary in Montana’s new western congressional district remained essentially where it was Election Night — a narrow margin and no one ready to claim a victory.

The Montana Legislature’s Education Interim Committee and Education Interim Budget Committee held a special joint meeting to focus on the role each stakeholder plays in the education system and how they can work together.

Montana congressional candidates recently made their “pre-primary” campaign finance disclosures this week. Over the last month and a half, fundraising continued and spending really heated up.