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![Montana Department of Justice grateful for additional resources from Legislature](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/03/Justice-law.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana Department of Justice grateful for additional resources from Legislature
Lawmakers are giving the Department of Justice more resources to address issues like illegal drugs, human trafficking, sexual assault and the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people.
![Montana journalists Johnson, Dennison honored by state Legislature](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/05/attachment-newspapers.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana journalists Johnson, Dennison honored by state Legislature
Dennison and Johnson worked at competing papers for more than a decade before working together at Lee Newspapers for another ten years.
![Gianforte signs series of bills tightening Montana abortion restrictions](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/05/attachment-Gianforte-Abortion.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Gianforte signs series of bills tightening Montana abortion restrictions
Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday highlighted a package of legislation that will put additional restrictions on abortion access and on taxpayer money being used for abortions.
![Montana Legislature votes to adjourn, 68th Session comes to a close](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/05/attachment-Legislature.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana Legislature votes to adjourn, 68th Session comes to a close
Between both the House and the Senate, 1698 bills were introduced with more than 740 being passed.
![ACLU files legal challenge to diciplinary action against Rep. Zooey Zephyr](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-legislature-zephyr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
ACLU files legal challenge to diciplinary action against Rep. Zooey Zephyr
The ACLU of Montana and residents of Montana House District 100 are seeking to challenge the disciplinary action taken against State Representative Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, by the Montana House of Representatives.
![Gianforte signs bill banning gender-affirming care for minors in Montana](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/07/Gianforte.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Gianforte signs bill banning gender-affirming care for minors in Montana
Gov. Greg Gianforte signed an amended version of Senate Bill 99 into law Friday, which bans certain forms of gender-affirming healthcare for children under the age of 18.
![Signs of spring: Clark Fork River Market returning to Missoula](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/08/Market.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Signs of spring: Clark Fork River Market returning to Missoula
The Clark Fork River Market, which is located in downtown Missoula, will open for the season on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
![Charter school bills revived in Montana Senate after initial rejection](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/03/montana-capitol-1.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Charter school bills revived in Montana Senate after initial rejection
Two competing bills that would create new models for establishing charter schools in Montana are active once again, a day after being voted down on the Senate floor.
![Conservationists slam Rosendale proposal to defund conservation programs](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/01/Conservation-public-lands.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Conservationists slam Rosendale proposal to defund conservation programs
Four new bills that would defund conservation land programs from U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale came as a shock to conservationists.
![MTGOP votes to ban transgender representative from House floor](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-Zephyr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
MTGOP votes to ban transgender representative from House floor
Missoula Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a transgender woman, has been banned from the floor of the Montana House of Representatives following action Wednesday by Republican leadership.