Montana Politics: Latest News

Here’s a closer look at the votes and ratings for all three delegation members.

Attorney General Tim Fox and 49 other Attorneys General announced a $600 million settlement Monday with credit monitoring giant Equifax.

President Trump’s incendiary tweets, aimed at four Democratic congresswomen earlier this week, are roiling the political world in Montana as well as the nation.

In Montana’s 2020 U.S. Senate race, incumbent Republican Steve Daines has a huge head start on campaign money.

As expected, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has made the cut for the second Democratic presidential candidate debate in Detroit at the end of this month.

Donors from California and the New York and Washington, D.C. areas have contributed about 40 percent of the money fueling Gov. Steve Bullock’s presidential campaign this year.

Democratic U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams on Monday reported raising $430,000 in the first three months of her candidacy, making her the fundraising leader in the 2020 race for Montana’s open congressional seat.

The state Republican Party has filed an ethics complaint over Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock’s use of Montana Highway Patrol officers for security when he campaigns for president.

President Donald Trump is pushing better forest management as a big part of his plan to stop the number of large wildfires that have caused devastation in the western United States in recent years.

Next week’s hearings on key changes to Montana’s $750 million-a-year Medicaid expansion program have been delayed for two weeks, state health officials said.

Sports betting in Montana could be underway by the end of the year, state Lottery officials said Thursday.

Democrat John Mues, a U.S. Navy veteran and former oil-company engineer and high school teacher from Loma, entered Montana’s 2020 U.S. Senate race Thursday.

Maj. Gen. Matt Quinn, adjutant general of the Montana National Guard, testified in Washington D.C. Wednesday to share Montana’s efforts in preventing suicide among service members.

The crowded 2020 race for Montana’s open U.S. House seat got a bit more crowded Wednesday, as two largely unknown candidates entered the contest — a Democrat and a Republican.

This week, candidates running for Montana state offices in the 2020 elections filed fundraising reports with the state Commissioner of Political Practices, covering the months of April, May and June. The reports highlight what is likely to be a highly contested campaign for governor.

Because Montana is on the cusp of adding a second representative in Congress, state officials will be watching the final numbers of the 2020 census closely.

Montana courts can no longer suspend your driver’s license solely because you haven’t paid a fine or court costs — and, if they did in the past, you can now get the license reinstated.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s presidential campaign reported Friday that he raised more than $2 million in the first six weeks of his campaign.

According to U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, this year’s open house at the Anaconda Job Corps Center was anything but routine.

The Montana Supreme Court has denied author Jon Krakauer access to education records he sought from the Montana University System.

From the Southern border crisis to the economy to the cost of college, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester answered questions from an audience of more than 100 people at a free-wheeling town hall.

Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney is announcing Wednesday that he’ll run for governor in 2020, becoming the third and most prominent Democrat to enter the crowded battle for an open governor’s seat.

The state’s top political cop has dismissed campaign-finance charges leveled against former gubernatorial candidate Ken Miller — seven years after they were initially filed.

A state lawmaker from Missoula has become the first Democrat to announce a run for Montana state auditor in 2020.

Montana’s lieutenant governor is expected to launch a campaign for higher office next week.

Bullock, who is running for president, was on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to generate some laughs as debate season kicks off.

A Helena lawyer and former assistant attorney general is running for Montana’s open Supreme Court seat in 2020, and a state district judge in Helena is considering the race as well.

The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians is one step closer to achieving federal recognition.

For the first time under the federal health-care law known as “Obamacare,” all three companies selling health coverage in Montana’s individual market are proposing lower premiums for the coming year.

Big Sky businessman Troy Downing, a Republican who ran for U.S. Senate last year, announced Wednesday that he’s running for state auditor in 2020.