Politics

With a Monday deadline to drop out of races, candidates double down on sticking around, with one new addition.

The Trump administration appears poised to gut the central policies that shape Head Start, a popular and long-established early childhood education program that serves the country’s neediest children.

State Auditor James Brown suspended the license of a Kalispell bail bondsman after an investigation found evidence the bondsman traded services for sexual favors and exploited people in other ways.

State leaders of both parties say the federal government — including the president — wields too much power, and they want to see more authority returned to the states.

The stopgap spending bill supported by an overwhelming majority of U.S. senators does not address tens of billions in expiring transportation funding, leaving states facing a massive effective budget cut starting Oct. 1.

Nearly 80% all survey participants reported an increase in grocery costs as well over the last six months.

Members of the public and a coalition of advocacy groups want NorthWestern Energy’s long-term plan for power to include more renewable energy and account for data centers’ impacts on their pocketbooks.

Yellowstone County Commissioners at their Tuesday meeting reneged on a proposed policy to restrict political activity, including gathering petition signatures, on county property without prior approval from the county.

Twelve states led by Missouri are pushing the justices to rein in lower court interference preventing the president from enforcing executive orders.

A group of young plaintiffs, who sued the federal government alleging a series of executive orders threaten their constitutional right to life by exacerbating climate change, are still fighting their battle in court.