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This weekend President Trump signed into law landmark legislation that is designed to bolster the Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) mental health workforce, improve rural access to mental health care and hold the VA accountable for its mental health care and suicide prevention efforts.

Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney is no stranger to politics, having first run for office 44 years ago, as a 21-year-old college student in his hometown of Butte.

Democrat Mike Cooney said Monday his campaign for governor raised $910,000 from donors in the past month, pushing his total since May to $2.5 million – a likely record amount for a Montana gubernatorial candidate during that time period.

Ambassador Nikki Haley is scheduled to stop by Great Falls early next week to campaign for Republican Senator Steve Daines in the final weeks before the November election.

Montana voters will consider five ballot measures in the upcoming election. One that has not received much attention is Legislative Referendum 130, which would limit local governments’ ability to regulate firearms.

Mike Cooney said his opponent, Greg Gianforte, should get tested for Covid-19 because he attended an October 3 concert linked to several positive cases.

Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock Thursday reported raising a stunning $26.8 million in the past three months for his challenge of Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, smashing all Montana campaign records and cementing the race as one of the top Senate battles in the country.

One member of the Blackfeet Tribe is proud to share the moment with his son: “It's very hopeful for my son who sang with me today

Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock leads Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines 49 percent to 47 percent in Montana’s marquee Senate contest and President Trump leads Democrat Joe Biden by seven points in the state, in a Montana State University poll released Wednesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Trump administration can shut down the 2020 Census ahead of schedule, possibly leaving part of Montana undercounted.

As Democrats accuse the GOP of installing a Supreme Court justice who will help void the Affordable Care Act, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines said last weekend that’s a “scare tactic” – and that the ACA will not get overturned.

In Montana’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race, Democrat Steve Bullock and Republican Steve Daines aren’t shy about highlighting their differences – but they also claim to be champions of cooperation with the opposing party.

Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and his Democratic challenger Gov. Steve Bullock, engaged in one crackling exchange after another Saturday

Mail ballots for the general election are now on their way to most Montana voters.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a last-ditch effort by Republicans to block all-mail voting in the general election in 45 Montana counties, clearing the way for ballots to be mailed to all registered voters on Friday.

In Montana’s U.S. Senate race, perhaps no other issue has both drawn a sharper contrast between the candidates and stirred emotions more than health care.

Republicans who lost a lawsuit to block all-mail voting in Montana have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop county election officials from mailing ballots this week, while the case is on appeal.

With four weeks until Election Day, Montana’s U.S. Senate race has likely broken the record for spending on a single campaign in Montana, well north of $75 million.

Democratic U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams reported Monday that she raised $2.3 million in campaign funds for three past three months – nearly doubling her total for the entire campaign.

Montana’s two leading candidates for governor tangled over tax policy, the pandemic, education and public lands in their first debate Saturday, but also spent plenty of time polishing their credentials on something else: Bipartisan cooperation.

The first votes in Montana’s November general election have already been cast.

The Sept. 17 default judgment in Lewis and Clark County District Court is likely the final chapter in a well-known political corruption case that spanned more than a decade.

In the race for Montana’s U.S. House seat, Democrat Kathleen Williams is taking a $3,000 monthly salary from her campaign – an obscure fact that prompted her Republican opponent, Matt Rosendale, to criticize her in last week’s debates.

On Saturday, October 3rd, MTN News will host a debate between the two candidates vying to be the next governor of Montana

When it comes to health care as an issue in Montana’s gubernatorial race, the two leading candidates have their plans – but often end up debating federal policy and how it may affect what happens in the state.

Democrat Mike Cooney calls himself a champion of public schools, and says his opponent is not. But Republican Greg Gianforte said his educational priority will be to increase public-school teacher pay.

U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen has rejected a request by Republicans to stop Montana's use of vote-by-mail in the upcoming General Election.

The Montana Supreme Court late Tuesday resolved two questions about mailed ballots for the November 3 election in the state