A bill to continue Montana's Medicaid expansion program advanced today. A wildfire sparked by a house fire prompted evacuations in Lame Deer before it was contained. A federal judge has ruled against a neo-Nazi website operator who asked to be excused from returning to the U.S. for questioning in a lawsuit accusing him of orchestrating an anti-Semitic "troll storm" against a Montana real estate agent's family.

Hours after a Senate committee tabled a bill that would continue Montana's Medicaid expansion program today, the full Senate assigned it to another committee. Montana State Prison officials have placed the prison's high-security compound on lockdown and canceled inmate visits for the unit this weekend because of an undisclosed security issue. Opponents of the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline say in a lawsuit that President Donald Trump acted illegally when he issued a new permit for the

The executive behind a mining proposal near Yellowstone National Park says the project will proceed as planned despite concerns from local residents and the passage of a permanent ban on new mining claims on nearby public lands. Great Falls hosted a Russian surveillance plane taking aerial photos of military activities in the western U.S. as part of an international treaty. The $10.3 billion state budget is cruising through the Montana legislature.

Republican state Sen. Al Olszewski announced his candidacy for governor of Montana in 2020 at a noon rally on the state capitol steps today, joining a field that includes two statewide elected officials. A former Montana firearms safety instructor is asking a judge to dismiss charges of negligent homicide and evidence tampering in the shooting death of his hunting partner last year in Helena. Two conservation groups filed a federal lawsuit this week, challenging the 2018 Flathead Forest Plan.

The Montana Highway Patrol Trooper who was shot and critically wounded over two weeks ago has regained consciousness. Montana lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would require the state to provide services like parenting skills training to struggling families so fewer children are placed in foster care. A state representative from Missoula announced his 2020 bid for Montana’s lone Congressional seat today.

The bill to continue Montana’s Medicaid expansion, and add work requirements for some recipients, cleared the state House Saturday, and will now be taken up by the Senate. Montana preschool programs funded by public money are bracing for shortfalls after Montana lawmakers rejected two bills to continue funding. The Montana Senate passed bills to raise taxes on hotel rooms, rental cars and marijuana sales ahead of the deadline to transmit revenue bills to the House, where they face an uncertain

The Montana House has endorsed a bill to continue the state's Medicaid expansion program while adding a work requirement. In an apparent bid to kick-start the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline, President Donald Trump today issued a new presidential permit for the project, two years after he first approved it and more than a decade after it was first proposed. The Montana House has passed a bill that would allow the state to borrow $80 million to pay for building and infrastructure projects.

A 28-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting one person and injuring three others, including a Montana Highway Patrol trooper. A Montana Senate committee has voted to give additional funding to schools and the public defender's office while restoring some money to the state Department of Revenue to better serve taxpayers and collect revenue. The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man who was reported missing Tuesday morning and found deceased in Glacier

A man who abandoned a 5-month-old baby under a pile of debris in the woods of western Montana has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with 10 years suspended. Conservation groups are asking a federal judge to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on energy companies that were meant to protect a struggling Western bird species. A Bozeman man who sacrificed himself to save three fellow soldiers from an Iraqi suicide bomber was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military

Republican Rep. Ed Buttrey is proposing changes to his Medicaid expansion bill to address concerns that its requirements could cause tens of thousands of Montanans to lose their coverage. The U.S. House Tuesday passed a bill that would grant federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe. The Trump administration is creating a task force to investigate how an Indian Health Service doctor was able to sexually assault children in his care. Advocates for missing and murdered indigenous women will