This story is excerpted from Capitolized, a weekly newsletter featuring expert reporting, analysis and insight from the reporters and editors of Montana Free Press. Want to see Capitolized in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here. Montanans are voting at a brisk rate, with forecasts indicating absentee ballots could reach
Nonresident tourists spent $5.82 billion in Montana over two years, with significant spending in Glacier and Yellowstone regions.
Conservative groups aim to end Montana’s Medicaid expansion, which insures about 78,800 people, arguing it’s costly.
A watchdog and the public are suing Montana’s Legislature to disclose concealed communications with lobbyists.
The federal government finalized a tax credit to boost U.S. clean energy and mineral production, aiding Sibanye-Stillwater.
With a week until the Nov. 5 election, Montana voters will decide on Constitutional Initiative 128 about abortion rights.
A U.S. Forest Service budget shortfall may force Montana’s avalanche centers to cut back, impacting public safety.
Biden apologizes for the federal Indian boarding school policy, acknowledging its lasting trauma on Indigenous peoples.
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Montana’s Commission on Practice recommends suspending AG Austin Knudsen for 90 days over judiciary criticism.
On a chilly October Saturday in Helena, Missoula pastor Mark Pritchard delivered a sermon-style speech from the Capitol steps. He started with a sober reflection on abortion in America, emphasizing the Christian duty to oppose Montana’s CI-128, a constitutional amendment on abortion rights. Pritchard argued that rejecting CI-128 would allow
Greater Gallatin United Way is set to absorb Child Care Connections’ programs to sustain childcare resources in Gallatin Valley.
