The 2026 general election is just about a year away. The races for Montana’s U.S. Senate and House seats are taking shape. Three Montana Democrats join the race to challenge Sen. Daines. The U.S.

Reps. Melissa Nikolakakos, R-Great Falls, Gary Parry, R-Colstrip, and Curtis Shomer, R-Billings, take their oath of office on the first day of the 69th Legislature on Jan. 6, 2025. (Micah Drew/Daily ...

Sen. Emma Kerr-Carpenter, D-Billings, (left) is sworn into office by Yellowstone County District Court Judge Collette Davies on Dec. 3, 2024 (Photo screen shot from Community 7 Television). One ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — In 2021, lawmakers passed House Bill 599 that revised opencut mining laws and made applications for certain opencut operations less strict. One of the revisions changed the number of ...

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana state Senate passed legislation to prohibit biological men from participating in women's sports. The bill will also require schools to provide sex-segregated facilities.

The Montana Senate will conduct an ethics investigation into a $170,100 government contract brokered late last year by former Senate President Jason Ellsworth with his business associate. The Senate ...

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Montana Senate can’t muster enough votes to punish former president Ellsworth State Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, speaks in the Senate chamber on March 24, 2025, as fellow senators debate ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — The Montana Senate preliminarily passed two bills Monday sponsored by Sen. Jonathan ...

The 69th Montana Legislature will require much patience and a lot of hard work — said Republican leaders on Monday at the start of the session as members of both chambers took their oaths of office.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. HELENA — The 69th Montana Legislature will require much patience and a lot of hard work — said ...

BILLINGS, Mont. – Democrats' crushing loss in Montana's nationally important U.S. Senate race settled a fierce political debate over whether a surge of newcomers in the past decade favored Republicans ...