President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration today came as little surprise to one Montana immigration attorney. Thursday night volunteers will bundle up and fan out across Billings to make contact with the homeless to gather data for the annual Point in Time Homeless Survey. Matt Rosendale, Montana’s state auditor, announced today he will not seek the nomination to run for Montana’s U.S. House seat.

Governor Steve Bullock is set to give his third State of the State address tonight to a combative, Republican-led Legislature in a shaky economic time for Montana. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has postponed a meeting originally scheduled for this morning to vote on the nominations of Ryan Zinke and Rick Perry to head the departments of Interior and Energy. Montana's Republican legislative leaders are blasting Governor Steve Bullock for his spending plan's cuts to education

A Senate committee is expected to vote tomorrow on Representative Ryan Zinke’s nomination to be Interior Secretary in the Trump administration. Governor Steve Bullock will deliver his State of the State address, Tuesday (1/24) at 7:00 PM. Butte Schoolteacher and State Lawmaker Amanda Curtis made it official Saturday: She is seeking the Democratic party’s nomination to run for Montana’s U.S. House seat. A Missoula attorney has been named U.S. bankruptcy judge for Montana.

State lawmakers are debating proposals that aim to help the Montana's child foster care system, and to make the agency responsible for protecting neglected and abused kids more accountable. The state of Montana has reached a $25 million settlement with more than a thousand victims of asbestos-related disease over claims that health officials failed to bring attention to the hazards of the contaminated mine in Libby. Republican Steve Daines, Democrat Jon Tester, and Congressman Ryan Zinke react

The Montana Senate has passed legislation to change the state's rape laws, and they will now go to the House for consideration. Lawmakers in Helena are considering a bill that would infuse money back into the state’s main revenue fund by increasing taxes on new oil and gas wells. A federal judge has ordered Idaho to destroy all information collected from collars placed on elk and wolves, which was obtained illegally by landing a helicopter in a central Idaho wilderness area. Montana lawmakers

A group of Montana landowners, health advocates and conservationists have filed a lawsuit seeking to force energy companies to divulge more details about chemicals used in energy production. A delegation of Orthodox Jewish rabbis from the US and Canada is thanking Montana Governor Steve Bullock and state leaders for defending the Jewish community in Whitefish, that was the target of threats and harassment by white supremacists. A Kalispell man who died of injuries suffered in an avalanche in

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke who is President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Interior had a four-hour confirmation hearing before a Senate committee Tuesday. New nationwide rules to curtail the practice of burning off excess natural gas from oil and gas wells on federal land took effect today after a judge said he saw no urgent reason to block them while a lawsuit proceeds.

Montana firefighters are again hoping legislators can pass a bill to make it easier for them to secure workers' compensation. Imagine driving your car, talking on your cell phone, then getting pulled over, ticketed and fined for it. Right now, cities and towns in Montana can individually decide whether or not that’s lawful. House Bill 194 would change that, barring anyone in the state from being legally punished for driving and using a device. U.S. Senator Jon Tester said repeal of the federal

A major drug investigation that started in 2015 netted several pounds of methamphetamine, dozens of firearms and the conviction of eight defendants. State officials, contractors, students and union representatives are urging lawmakers to pass a major public works package despite Montana's current budget crunch. Leaders from the Blackfeet Nation joined Montana Congressman Steve Daines and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in Washington today to celebrate the enactment of four Indian water rights

Montana’s Congressional delegation is seeking to overturn federal mandates for driver’s licenses. The chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court canceled his State of the Judiciary speech traditionally given to lawmakers after Senate President Scott Sales sent a letter saying senators don't have time to attend. At least 80 Yellowstone National Park bison are now trapped in government corrals, and hundreds more will soon follow suit and be sent to slaughter. Montana's legislative leaders are