Governor Steve Bullock’s plan for public works projects across the state advanced out of subcommittee review today. The number of people staying at a Helena homeless shelter has tripled as temperatures dip below zero. A Montana lawmaker is proposing a bill to help retirees on fixed incomes better absorb increasing medical and property tax costs.

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges alleging he abandoned a 5-month-old baby under a pile of debris in the woods on Lolo Pass. The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a bill that would use money from the coal severance tax trust fund to pay for low-income and moderate-income housing projects. Proposed legislation that would allow the state of Wyoming to take over operation of Yellowstone National Park and other federal facilities during a federal government shutdown has been

If the Legislature passes a hotly debated bill, breweries could be open for two additional hours, extending their closing time from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Officials say oil and gas leasing on more than 20 square miles of land in Beaverhead and Madison counties has been deferred indefinitely. State health officials say Montana needs to continue a boost in funding to deal with the heavy caseload in the foster child system.

Four small earthquakes hit an area in western Montana where a stronger earthquake struck in 2017. Drug-addicted pregnant women could seek addiction treatment without the fear of prosecution or having their child taken away under a proposed bill in the Legislature. The Montana House narrowly approved a bill today to make it harder for state lawmakers to raise taxes.

One day after details of the Republican plan for Medicaid expansion in Montana were revealed, Democrats in the state legislature reacted coldly. A 62-year-old northwestern Montana man who a federal judge once said was "dangerous to the money and property of others" faces more than a decade in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme and illegally possessing firearms. The body of a 29-year-old man who was reported missing on Jan. 24 has been found in northwest Montana.

An early version of Montana Republicans' plan to continue the state's Medicaid expansion program seeks to do so largely without increasing the cost to state taxpayers. A bill named for a murdered Northern Cheyenne woman had its first hearing in the Montana Legislature this morning. Authorities in Montana say an armed man hijacked a passenger bus and held a person hostage during a prolonged standoff with police.

Cleanup crews were on the scene of a train derailment Tuesday, near the Trail Creek Road exit off I-90 between Bozeman and Livingston. Drivers on I-90 at the East Bozeman Interchange experienced road closures, detours and delays Tuesday after a semi rolled over in the passing lane on the eastbound side of the highway. Gov. Steve Bullock's spokeswoman says the governor thought a former senior staffer of his wouldn't harass any more women after being fired from the Democratic Governors Association

Montana would be the 42nd state to criminalize nonconsensual pornography if a new bill introduced in the Montana Legislature becomes law. A bill introduced in the Wyoming Legislature would have the state take over operating national parks and other federal facilities within its borders if the federal government ever shuts down again. Montana lawmakers met today to start setting the budget for programs that help people with mental illness or drug and alcohol use disorders.

Senator Jon Tester has been named to a group of seven lawmakers tasked with crafting border security legislation following the deal announced today temporaily ending the 35-day partial government shutdown. A federal judge says a lawsuit from conservationists can proceed against the Trump administration over its creation of a committee to review policies governing extraction of fossil fuels from public lands. Unions representing federal employees in Montana say they’re pleased President Donald

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox says it's the right time for a conservative Republican to take over as governor - and that he's that candidate. Montana's Senate has approved a policy prohibiting legislators and legislative employees from subjecting someone to discrimination, harassment and retaliation, and created a confidential reporting and investigation process. An auction of assets from a bankrupt U.S. coal company that operates three mines in Montana has been cancelled after no new offers