On a bitterly cold night in February of 2023, a heated legislative hearing on a water policy proposal ran so late into the evening that dinner appeared before the dozen lawmakers deciding the bill’s ...

Stevensville resident Bryce Eggleston, in a deposition obtained by Montana Free Press, testified that it wasn’t Republican ...

The legislation, Senate Bill 164, is one of several strategies Republican lawmakers in Montana and other states have advanced ...

Amid President Donald Trump’s directive to halt federal grants and loans, Calumet subsidiary Montana Renewables expects to ...

Montana Free Press, in collaboration with Rutgers University, is conducting a survey of Montanans about issues facing the state and its residents. If you ...

A national freeze on federal grant dollars ordered by President Donald Trump has produced confusion and some alarm from ...

Convicted of felony intimidation, Daniel Kovats was committed to the Department of Corrections for 10 years, with seven years ...

Unsure how to help a troubled psychiatric facility, Montana legislators look to shore up other parts of the state’s mental ...

The Montana State Senate, in a rare move, will investigate one of its own for a government contract already deemed “fraud” ...

The Hamilton Republican entered into a government contract that ignored state competitive bidding requirements for ...

Montana’s Board of Public Education approved public charter school applications from five districts, including Butte, Ronan ...

Montana state legislative session underway, the state’s American Indian Caucus lays out issues of importance, with a major ...