The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process  puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a…

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks game wardens captured and euthanized 14 black bears near Bozeman, the agency said Tuesday in a news release.

The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.

Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined during oral arguments Tuesday to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials for possible criminal contempt-of-court charges…

President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call…

Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to…

More than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are harmful, and about 4 in 10 have been exposed to the false idea that hormones in…

WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from entering the White House grounds earlier this month have asked a federal judge to ensure their reporters continue to…

The president also announced he planned to visit Iowa to support U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson's campaign for U.S. Senate in 2026.

WASHINGTON — Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy…

The ruling upholds an Idaho law that bans daycares, businesses, governments and schools from mandating vaccines or “medical interventions."

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate. The bill — which sailed through on a 77-22 vote —…

Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm…

The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week…

Not long after new state-of-the-art equipment was installed in Yellowstone National Park, it has already begun paying dividends.

John Harrington has been recounting his space experiences to college students around Montana while encouraging them to register to vote in November’s elections.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.  The $810…

WASHINGTON — Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing Wednesday to continue voicing opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, which the top Democrat on…

A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook willfully engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices over third-party data sharing.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would like to eradicate a population of smallmouth and largemouth bas from a lagoon in Livingston, where they threaten cutthroat trout and could escape into the…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday made an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow for rapid third-country deportations of noncitizens to continue, after an appeals court…

Women giving birth in rural communities were more likely than peers in urban areas to receive oral opioid prescriptions for pain upon leaving the hospital after a cesarean section, according to a new…

WASHINGTON — Despite skyrocketing fuel prices and sinking approval ratings for President Donald Trump’s conflict in Iran ahead of the November midterms, Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ efforts…

2 N. Carson Street, a building used to house 10 governor's will be turned into a greenspace and the property will be kept by the state.

The Montana Supreme Court on Thursday vacated an earlier ruling that the Butte-Silver Bow elections office print a citizen’s initiative question on the ballots after learning the department had…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration appeared to disappoint senators from both political parties Thursday with how she answered questions about…

Health officials in Flathead County are warning residents of a possible measles exposure in the area from Sept. 8 through Sept. 11.

The original pack of wolves released in Yellowstone, dubbed 'Mollie's Pack' survive the Wyoming wolf hunting season.

WASHINGTON — Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration…

Tribal leaders across Washington and Oregon told Stateline that this year’s record-breaking wildfires burned timber that they rely on for income, threatened food sources and waterways, and harmed the…

WASHINGTON — A vast and growing network of artificial intelligence-driven Flock cameras could violate constitutional privacy rights, U.S. senators on a Judiciary Committee subcommittee said during a…

A new member of the Montana Public Service Commission is free to participate in the NorthWestern Energy and Black Hills Corp merger decision.

Wildlife overpasses and crossings can reduce human and animal conflicts, collisions as state looks to address conservation issues, too.

The Montana Supreme Court ruled this week that a Butte-Silver Bow citizen’s initiative seeking to require voter approval of data center construction will appear on the November ballot.

Law and Justice interim committee heard about pros and cons of kratom, a substance many compare to opiates and view as dangerous

A bear attacked a woman walking her dog on a popular trail in the Flathead Valley on Monday evening, according to a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks press release.

Two current Flathead County judges are facing off in the race for an open Supreme Court seat

Brad Molnar will serve out a suspension for one year from the Montana Public Service Commission, a district court judge ordered.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner praised strides Montana has made in reducing youth in its foster care system during a visit to the state last week.

In signed declarations, potential class members said they passed out while in custody, including one who was held in the back of a hot truck.

A judge ordered the U.S. government to release a Billings father and child from a facility in Havre and described detainment as disturbing.

Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Christopher Abbott on Wednesday ruled that two Republican lawmakers will be allowed to stay on November’s ballot, halting a new opinion last week by the attorney g...

State Reps. Jones and Fitzpatrick could be barred from the ballot if the AG’s term limit decision stands.

As Montana's largest active wildfire exceeds 30,000 acres, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced on Monday that the state has secured a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with costs as...

Lawsuit ongoing over AG opinion changing term limit calculations that could leave longtime lawmaker Llew Jones off the ballot

Montana Freedom Caucus Chairman Jerry Schillinger tried to direct $600,000 of state money to a private company even after it lost the bid.

A district court judge last week issued a temporary pause on Butte-Silver Bow’s ability to retroactively change a deadline for a citizens group to gather signatures for an initiative that would put li...

The state must ensure employees of the PSC don’t experience harassment — that’s why Gov. Greg Gianforte suspended Commissioner Brad Molnar.

Two Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit Friday over a term limit decision made by Attorney General Austin Knudsen this week that would remove them from the ballot in November. The legal action comes ...