Impeachment threats against judges — and sometimes physical threats to their safety — compromise the independence of the ...

State law says that an office becomes vacant with the “incumbent’s ceasing to discharge the duty of the incumbent’s office for a period of 3 consecutive months, except when provided by sickness, when ...

Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas harshly criticized the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday for declining to review a lower ...

A Helena judge struck down several laws restricting abortion access and ruled they’re unconstitutional. The laws and one ...

The laws, passed in 2023 and immediately halted by the courts, required those who use Medicaid to submit to unnecessary steps before receiving care, a district court judge determined. More ...

Opinion:So here we are, Montanans, astride this giant April Fools Day snow-boulder, watching the Ethics Committee try to melt it … and drowning in irony. Where to begin?

Montana’s Supreme Court has reaffirmed the state’s longstanding commitment to government transparency, rejecting efforts by lawmakers to conceal the inner workings of the legislative process.

Restrictions blocking Medicaid recipients from abortion services violate the state constitution, the judge ruled.

Legislators have gone so far as to claim it’s “a myth” that courts have the power to strike down laws. So far, however, the ...

Abortion restriction based on clean environment in bill by Sen. Theresa Manzella fails in Montana, part of national trend.

This week's break allows lawmakers to take a needed breath after what has been a first half filled with hundreds of bills, a few policy surprises, high drama and tension.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led ...