Politics

The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a Yellowstone County District Court judge’s decision to issue temporary injunctions against three laws passed by the 2021 Legislature that curtailed a woman’s right to an abortion in Montana.

While it wasn't unanimous, the Missoula City Council on Monday passed a resolution asking the county to place a Crisis Services Levy on the November ballot and, by doing so, let the voters determine if the programs funded by the levy are a priority and worthy of a tax increase.

Since the 2020 election, 26 states have enacted, expanded, or increased the severity of 120 election-related criminal penalties, according to an analysis by States Newsroom of state legislation and data from the Voting Rights Lab.

The three candidates vying to represent Montana's restored western congressional district squared off in a debate in Missoula on Monday, and the difference between each became clear from their opening remarks.

Montana Democrats hammered out the details of their party platform, outlining six core tenets candidates will be running on this November, spanning from affordable housing to access to protecting the state’s constitution.

The U.S. Senate, along party lines, passed a sweeping energy, health care, climate and tax package Sunday afternoon, following an overnight marathon of votes that resulted in just a handful of notable changes to the legislation.

Montana's two U.S. senators split their vote Sunday on a sweeping piece of legislation that one contends will drive down the debt and cut costs for families while the other has labeled it a reckless spending bill.

While it won't be the only funding request on this year's ballot, the crisis levy would raise 20 mills if passed, or around $5 million a year, to fund a range of services the city and county launched using federal funding tied to the pandemic.

A bill aimed health care and climate change moved closer to passing on Sunday, though Montana's two senators took a different position on the evolving piece of legislation.

(Daily Montanan) The Montana State Library Commission agreed on Wednesday to reconsider the color scheme of its new logo after the initially proposed design drew backlash from some members last month for too closely resembling the colors of the gay pride flag...