Cory Swanson spoke to a joint session of the state House and Senate on a day that also featured speeches from Montana’s federal delegation and a tribal nation chairman.

"There's no point in creating unnecessary and quite predictable conflicts between our branches," newly minted Chief Justice ...

Montana lawmakers are weighing several bills related to the state's court and legal systems, including a bill that would add ...

After facing numerous opponents — including the chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court — and no proponents during a ...

Republicans are trying to exclude people who are in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to portion out congressional ...

Senate Democrats face significant challenges in regaining control of the chamber, as Republican gains in the 2024 elections ...

Montana was appealing a ruling that struck down two Republican-sponsored election laws. The state was relying on the independent state legislature theory, which holds that state judges shouldn’t ...

Much of the debate so far has been on the tax rates themselves, but there are also other ideas for ways to offer residents a ...

House Republican cohesion ticked up just slightly last year, from a historically bad 2023, while Senate Democrats saw record ...

As the Trump administration continues its efforts to cut down the size of the federal workforce, we are starting to learn ...

Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among ...