HELENA — The Senate Ethics Committee could find Sen. Jason Ellsworth violated ethical and criminal misconduct statutes if allegations of waste and abuse are borne out during the course of its ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A letter sent Tuesday from Sen. Jason Ellsworth’s attorney to the legislative auditor ...

Allegations of criminal activity by former Montana Senate leader Jason Ellsworth are being handed over to the state Department of Justice following a heated Thursday floor debate in the Senate ...

Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, listens to senators discuss convening an ethics committee to investigate his actions signing a secretive $170,100 contract with a former employee last year.

A week before state Sen. Jason Ellsworth inked a contract with a longtime business associate now under question by Republican leadership, he sought to get the state to sign off on two contracts ...

Former Montana Senate President Jason Ellsworth abused his position of power in a contract he signed with a former associate and rushed the process to finalize it, resulting in a waste of state ...

Republicans in the Montana Senate elected into leadership President Pro Tempore Ken Bogner, left, President Jason Ellsworth, middle, and Majority Leader Steve Fitzpatrick. (Provided by the Senate ...

A controversial contract arranged by Sen. Jason Ellsworth is in the process of being canceled, but Republican leadership said Monday that won't divert their investigation into what they ...

Montana Senate Votes to Send Ellsworth Investigation to Department of Justice Allegations of criminal activity by former Montana Senate leader Jason Ellsworth are being handed over to the state ...

Jason Ellsworth — with him in support — when he signed a $170,100 contract with a business associate late last year. On Friday, a report from the Legislative Audit Division concluded that ...

Jason Ellsworth — with him in support — when he signed a $170,100 contract with a business associate late last year. On Friday, a report from the Legislative Audit Division concluded that ...