HELENA, Mont. — The months-long saga over a contract controversy from former Montana Senate president Jason Ellsworth (R-Hamilton) has ended with him receiving an extremely consequential punishment ...

A new national report and a new court filing, both coming within the past two weeks, paint a dire picture for Montana’s housing crisis. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s ...

It’s fairly common knowledge that Montana’s legislative branch of government is a citizen legislature that only meets in session for 90 business days every two years. While true, those facts often ...

The recent legislative session was only the second in 20 years with a Republican governor. Last session, in 2021, we passed many good conservative policies for the state, but most of them were ...

HELENA — As the Senate chamber emptied on Tuesday afternoon, a sergeant-at-arms cleared off the desk of Sen. Jason Ellsworth. The Montana Senate voted 44-6 to punish the Hamilton Republican, for his ...

Senator Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, watches a vote during the Senate Floor Session on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. (Nathaniel Bailey for the Daily Montanan) As the Senate chamber emptied on Tuesday ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Republican legislators disenfranchised at the June Montana GOP officers’ convention are asking a ...

Montana Republicans have made a few mistakes of late, what in baseball would be called “unforced errors” meaning they were all avoidable. Last week the Montana Senate censured former Senate President ...

Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, apologized for the appearance of impropriety, but maintains he did no wrongdoing in signing a contract with a friend in a way that avoided state procurement protocol.

Republican legislators disenfranchised at the June Montana GOP officers’ convention are asking a judge to restore their voting privileges and force a new election for party leadership. State senators ...

The Senate voted 44 to 6 to censure the Hamilton Republican, who has survived three different expulsion votes since mid-March, each failing to reach the two-thirds majority necessary to pass. Before ...

Montana State Senate Pro Tempore Jason Ellsworth pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor obstruction charge for a traffic stop in May during which he got out of his car and invoked legislative ...