Politics

Montana counties said the state could choose to take less money from property taxpayers and still keep funding for schools intact.

Not wanting to take sides in a foreign conflict yet looking to stand in support of the Jewish community, Missoula County on Tuesday grappled with a decision on whether to permit a Hanukkah menorah display on the courthouse lawn.

The Montana Freedom Caucus has asked the Secretary of State to poll legislators in an attempt to force a special session of the Legislature to address taxes.

A Montana Supreme Court decision last week siding with the state in its push to levy more education mills than most counties believed was right now has local treasurers across the state taking a wait-and-see approach on what their next step will be.

Montana voters are one step closer to getting to decide if they want to change primary elections so the top four vote-getters advance — regardless of party.

After most of Montana’s counties tried to lower your property tax bill, arguing the state was levying too much, the Montana Supreme Court unanimously said Wednesday the state had it right after all.

In a decision that could cost millions, a district court judge sided with the State of Montana after Lake County argued the state should be financially responsible for federal criminal oversight on the Flathead Reservation.

Missoula officially turned the page on a new era of governance on Monday when the city's new mayor was sworn into office, followed by the celebration of dozens of jubilant supporters

In what would be the last City Council meeting of his tenure as mayor, Jordan Hess praised Missoula's city employees, its innovation and the accomplishments it has notched over the last decade, most of which he spent as one of Missoula top elected leaders.

A Missoula man will spend the next 12 years in prison for paying teenage girls as young as 14 years-old to have intercourse, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Friday.