Government & Policy
State government, agencies, courts, budgets, and policy.
Montana braces for trade fallout as U.S.-Canada dispute deepens
Montana faces potential economic ripples as escalating trade tensions between the United States and Canada threaten to reshape commerce along…
Government & PolicyMontana regulators order NorthWestern Energy to overhaul power plan within 30 days
The Montana Public Service Commission has determined that NorthWestern Energy’s power plan is deficient and ordered the utility to revise…
Government & PolicyMontana AG Joins Republican States in Challenging Federal Vaccine Mandates for Health Care Workers
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined a dozen Republican-led states in suing the Biden administration to block a federal…
Government & PolicyMontana AG Seeks to Overturn State’s Abortion Precedent After Supreme Court Shifts Landscape
Montana’s Attorney General Austin Knudsen has asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider a landmark 1999 ruling that established a…
Government & PolicyMontana July Unemployment Rate Hits 3.2%, Nearly a Full Point Below National Figure
Montana’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.2% in July, Governor Greg Gianforte announced August 21 — nearly a full percentage point…
Government & PolicyMontana AI Political Content Law Faces First Federal Court Test in Billings
A federal judge in Billings heard arguments Friday over a Montana law restricting the use of artificial intelligence in political…
Flathead County Judge Upholds DEQ’s Lakeside Wastewater Discharge Permit
A Flathead County District Court judge sided with the state on August 10, upholding a wastewater-to-groundwater discharge permit issued to…
Government & PolicyMontana PSC Votes 3-1 to Send NorthWestern Energy’s 20-Year Resource Plan Back for Revisions
The Montana Public Service Commission voted 3-1 on Tuesday to return NorthWestern Energy’s 20-year resource plan to the utility, citing…
Montana AG Knudsen’s Term Limits Opinion Restores What Voters Intended in 1992
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s recent sixteen-page opinion on legislative term limits has reignited a long-simmering debate over how the…
Government & PolicyMore Than 258,000 Montanans Draw Social Security as Program Turns 91
Social Security marks its 91st anniversary this August with more than 258,600 Montanans receiving benefits from a program that, for…