Politics

Based on Florida's 'Stop WOKE Act," the bill would ban training that might make state employees feel “guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress.”

The current policy calls for “a balance between a sustainable environment and a viable economy.”

A year into Montana’s launch of legal recreational marijuana sales, the state Legislature is looking at a series of bills that would revise the rules for the marijuana industry.

The House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed a final amended version of a bill aimed at solving both medical staffing and investigative issues in sexual assault cases, especially in rural and tribal communities.

A bill moving through the Montana Legislature would allow students who are being bullied to fight back in self-defense without repercussions from the school.

Under current law, putting drugs in someone’s drink without their consent isn’t a crime in Montana.

A bill that would expand a program aimed at addressing Montana’s teacher shortage by offering student loan help to incentivize new teachers to take open positions in hardest-hit schools is one step closer to becoming law.

When the Republican Party took a 102-seat supermajority in the Legislature last year, it gave them the power to propose changes to the Montana Constitution without support from Democrats.

Taken with two other bills, officers’ starting wages will increase from $16.46 per hour to $24.01 per hour by 2024.

The sponsor argued in favor of a bill that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to protect the rights of gun owners to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.