Up to 90,000 Montanans have been getting mail this week from a political group backing Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, encouraging voters to register for absentee ballots.

The latest campaign finance reports show that a lot of the $3 million that’s flowed into the race for Montana’s I-186 ballot measure so far has come from organizations and individuals with out of state and international ties.

There’s a new poll out about Montana’s US House and Senate races, and its results are very different than those that have come before. The Big Sky poll from the University of Montana shows Jon Tester leading Matt Rosendale in the Senate race by 24 points. Three previous polls this election cycle have had the Senate race at nearly dead even. And the new Big Sky poll shows Kathleen Williams ahead of Greg Gianforte in the House race by 13 points. Click Here for full Big Sky poll results. A June

Two of Montana’s congressional candidates squared off Saturday night for their final debate before November’s election . Republican incumbent Greg Gianforte and Democratic challenger Kathleen Williams ’ debate took place on a closed MontanaPBS set in Bozeman.

The Kavanaugh effect is tightening the Senate race; new ads are getting nastier; debates are sharpening candidates’ profiles and messages; and Libertarian candidates could impact the outcome of close races. Sally Mauk, Chuck Johnson and Rob Saldin analyze this week's campaign news now, on "Campaign Beat."

Montana is getting half-a-million dollars from a new federal grant to train teachers and students on school safety, following the mass shooting earlier this year at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

Opponents of the ballot initiative to raise Montana’s tobacco tax dumped more than $3.5 million into their campaign in September - raising their spending total to more than $12 million.

If you lived in the Flathead Valley and wanted or needed to abort a pregnancy in the past four years, the closest clinic was more than 100 miles away in Missoula, Great Falls, Helena or Billings.

A U.S. Senate committee Tuesday approved a trio of bills supporters say will fund conservation projects and streamline dispute resolution on public lands.

The Trump administration and family are paying attention to Gallatin County, Montana, as they rally support for conservative candidates in this year’s midterm election. Gallatin is a fast growing swing county unique to Montana, and rare in the country.