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‘Sine die’ motions bring the Montana Legislature’s 2025 session to a close.
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Montana’s energy economy pits traditional industry against renewable opportunities with billions of tax dollars at stake.
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For one of Montana’s most common substance use disorders, medical withdrawal resources remain few and far between.
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Thirty years ago this month, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today, the people who made it happen remember the mayhem and magic of one of the 20th century’s most controversial acts of ecosystem management.
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New housing units are being built as lawmakers send proposals for $436 million in further expansion to the governor’s desk.
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A court order barring the federal government from revoking two MSU students’ international visas remains in effect pending further action in the ACLU’s lawsuit.
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Emerging technologies are among key considerations for small business owners planning for the future.
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Counties are jailing mental health patients they’re not equipped to handle when the Montana State Hospital is at capacity.
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A grant program administered by the Montana State Library supports accessibility, digital catalogs and other services shared by libraries across the state.
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Lawmakers cut grants for organizations that didn’t present at January hearings as influential Republican criticizes how grants are awarded.
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The Interior Department on April 23, 2025, outlined a process for a 28-day review of the environmental impact statements that accompany large energy projects proposed for federal land.

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The 69th Legislature is starting week 17, it’s likely the last week of the session. Political tension are roiling as lawmakers narrow in on the final pieces of the state budget and property tax relief.

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House Bill 337, which Gov. Greg Gianforte called the largest tax cut in state history, scales the state’s top-bracket tax rate down from 5.9% to 5.4% over the next two years. It also raises the maximum threshold for the state’s lower tax bracket, where income is taxed at a lower 4.7% rate, and expands a…

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Rengifo del Castillo was pulled over in Whitefish and detained by the U.S. Border Patrol. It’s unclear what led to his detention, and federal authorities declined to comment.

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As the scope of President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada and other long-time allies has expanded, the impact on visitation to Montana — a cornerstone industry in places like the Flathead Valley — is coming into focus with declining border crossings and increasing hotel cancellations.

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In the agreements, tribes and the governor’s office can negotiate things like tax revenue deals for the state and tribes, whether a dispensary can operate on a reservation and how much cannabis tribes can grow and sell, among other things.

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