UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism HELENA — Lawmakers gathered at the Capitol in January with a clear message from their constituents: The people of Montana are ...

Two state lawmakers representing parts of Ulster County voted last week in favor of a law that, if enacted, would allow for ...

Two bills originally designed to protect Attorney General Austin Knudsen from losing office if he’s suspended for ...

Derided by critics as the “Nasty Nine” and censured by the state party, a group of Republican state senators said they were ...

As President Donald Trump celebrated his 100th day in office this week, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE ...

The state’s primary budget bill, House Bill 2, passed with $16.6 billion in spending authorized for the two-year period that ...

Montana could be the first state in the US to enact a ban on sweepstakes casinos, if the final hurdle is cleared cleanly.

The New York State Assembly has passed a bill that would give a patient with terminal illness the choice to end their life, ...

Georgia has become the latest state to prohibit the participation of trans-identified males in women s sports, as President ...

After 85 days, introducing more than 1,000 bills and passing a two-year state budget, the Montana Legislature has adjourned ...

The Montana House passed a bill overwhelmingly to create a specialty license plate that will raise funds to build a wildlife ...

Lawmakers debated a record number of bills and passed major initiatives including medicaid expansion, income and property tax ...