A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia issued a preliminary injunction Friday freezing the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund for one week, giving the government a short window to produce what the court described as a clear and unambiguous confirmation that the fund has actually been dissolved. The ruling adds a new legal complication to one of the ad
Jun 14, 2026
For the first time in nearly two decades, Congress has let a major federal surveillance authority expire without reauthorization, leaving open questio...
Jun 13
If results go the right way in November, the Montana Legislature's American Indian Caucus could be larger than it has ever been — and Helena, as the s...
Jun 13
A state judge in Helena denied former Montana Senate President Jason Ellsworth's request to dismiss an official misconduct charge this week, keeping t...
Jun 13
Montana's political calendar delivered several stories this week that deserve to be read together. Alani Bankhead won the Democratic U.S. Senate prima...
Jun 12
If this week had a through-line, it was Washington, D.C. making decisions that Montanans have to live with. The $70 billion immigration enforcement bi...
Jun 12
The Helena City Commission will hold its regular meeting Monday, June 15, beginning at 6 p.m. The agenda and full packet are available to the public a...
Jun 12
American Prairie and a coalition of conservation organizations have formally appealed the federal government's decision to terminate bison grazing lea...
Jun 12
House Democrats held a press conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday calling for stronger federal protections for transgender and gender-diverse students...
Jun 12
Montana homeowners who felt shortchanged by last year's property tax relief effort may get another shot at a fix — but they'll have to wait until the ...
Jun 12
The Montana Supreme Court unanimously approved new ballot language Tuesday for the Transparent Election Initiative, a proposed measure that would ban ...
Jun 11
Gov. Greg Gianforte and First Lady Susan Gianforte are accelerating their plan to donate the Samuel T. Hauser Mansion to the state of Montana, moving ...
Jun 11
President Donald Trump signed legislation on June 10 providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement and detention activities over the next three ye...
Jun 11
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has told a federal court it is temporarily shelving a plan to collect personal data on millions of Americans ...
Jun 10
The U.S. House passed a nearly $70 billion immigration enforcement funding package Tuesday on a 214-212 vote, sending three years of funding to federa...
Jun 10
Attorney General Austin Knudsen is asking the Montana Supreme Court to throw out a legal dispute with Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell, arguin...
Jun 10
A federal appeals court ruled June 2 that a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit challenging three of President Donald Trump's executive orders ca...
Jun 7
Alani Bankhead walked out of the Rialto Bar on Tuesday night as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, having defeated Reilly Neill by nearly 12,000 ...
Jun 7
The Helena City Commission has an administrative meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 10, at 5 p.m. The agenda and packet are available for residents...
Jun 6
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of Lighthiser v. Trump, rejecting a group of young plaintiffs' b...
Jun 6
Former legislator Jeff Pattison won the Republican primary for a Public Service Commission seat Tuesday, defeating state Sen. Jeremy Trebas by a margi...
Jun 6
Montana's June 2 primary election has come and gone, and the results sketch a political landscape that rewards incumbency, party loyalty, and the kind...
Jun 6
The U.S. Senate confirmed Katie Lane as a federal district court judge Tuesday in a 52-46 party-line vote, giving Montana a new seat on the federal be...
Jun 6
Washington, D.C. made its presence felt in Helena this week in ways that go well beyond the primary results. The Trump administration announced it wou...
Jun 5
If there was one story that dominated Helena newsrooms this week, it was Tuesday's primary election — and the aftershocks are still rattling. Eight Re...
Jun 5
President Donald Trump announced this week that the federal government will spend $700 million to build or refurbish coal power infrastructure across ...
Jun 5
The Trump administration is redirecting fees collected at national parks and federal recreational lands — money paid by hikers, campers, and visitors ...
Jun 5
When the results came in from Montana's June 2 congressional primaries, a generational shift was impossible to ignore: for the first time, the state's...
Jun 5
Eight Republican incumbents lost their seats in Tuesday's primary election, the most incumbent legislators to be denied renomination in a single cycle...
Jun 5
With Tuesday's primary results certified, Montana's three congressional races are set for the fall, and at least one political scientist says the real...
Jun 4
The U.S. Senate confirmed Katie Lane as a federal judge for Montana this week, giving President Donald Trump another appointment to the federal bench ...
Jun 4
State and federal fire officials gathered in Helena this week to deliver a mixed message about the 2026 wildfire season: recent rainfall has bought so...
Jun 4
Tuesday's primary election produced no clear rout for either wing of Montana's deeply divided Republican Party, with results showing each faction — th...
Jun 4
Helena attorney Brian Miller and former federal prosecutor Kurt Alme both won their respective party primaries Tuesday, setting up a November contest ...
Jun 3
Montana voters have already returned more than 188,595 ballots in this year's primary election as of Monday morning, according to the Secretary of Sta...
Jun 2
Montana became the 25th state to join the Trump administration's 'A Home for Every Child' initiative Monday, with Gov. Greg Gianforte signing a joint ...
Jun 2
The Helena City Commission holds its next regular meeting Monday, June 1, at 6 p.m. The commission has posted the full agenda and supporting packet ma...
Jun 2
A Washington, D.C.-based super PAC called School Freedom Fund has been flooding Montana legislative races with mailers and digital ads targeting Repub...
May 31
What was supposed to be a straightforward re-election campaign for a popular Flathead Valley congressman has become one of the more wide-open congress...
May 31
A federal judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration Friday from moving forward with a fund that critics have warned could be used...
May 31
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traveled to Missoula on May 28 to rally support for Democrat Sam Forstag, who is running in Tuesday's primary. The ...
May 30
A bipartisan majority of Montana state senators — at least 39 of the chamber's 50 members — has signed a letter calling on Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-...
May 30
Tuesday's primary election will sort out a crowded Republican field for two open seats on the Montana Public Service Commission — the five-member boar...
May 30
The Helena City Commission holds its regular meeting Monday, June 1, beginning at 6 p.m. The agenda and full packet are available to the public ahead ...
May 29
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., declined Thursday to block President Trump's executive order restricting voting by mail, at least for now, leavin...
May 29
A supermajority of Montana state senators — crossing party lines — have formally called on state Representative Jonathan Windy Boy to resign, accordin...
May 29
Montana's 2026 primary election is Tuesday, June 2, and Helena voters will head to the polls — or drop off their mail ballots — to decide which candid...
May 29
Montana's Public Service Commission is facing serious allegations in federal court that its leadership attempted to "scrub" an email that could serve ...
May 29
A political action committee that spent $22 million electing Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy last cycle has turned its attention to the Democratic sid...
May 27
Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Jeff Welborn has asked Gov. Greg Gianforte to suspend fellow Commissioner Brad Molnar for one year, citing ...
May 25