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Study: Scams Cost Americans $68 Billion

An estimated 15 million U.S. adults, or 6% of the population, were victims of financial scams in 2025, with total losses reaching approximately $68 billion, according to a study released… Read More

August 12, 2026

Applied Materials Report Seen as Bellwether for AI Capital Spending

Applied Materials is set to report fiscal third-quarter earnings Thursday after the market closes, with investors looking for signs that booming investment in artificial intelligence continues to drive demand for… Read More

August 12, 2026

State’s Top Arts Honor Goes to Six Montanans This Year

Six Montanans working across music, painting, ceramics, glasswork, engraving and violin will receive the state’s highest arts honor this year, the Montana Arts Council announced. The 2026 Governor’s Arts Award… Read More

August 12, 2026

Nevada Doctor Charged With $95 Million Medicare Wound Care Fraud

A federal grand jury in Nevada indicted a Henderson, Nev., physician on charges he orchestrated a $95 million scheme to defraud Medicare by billing for medically unnecessary amniotic wound treatments… Read More

August 12, 2026

Daines, Sheehy Bill on Crow Reservation Inholdings Passes Committee

A bill that would exchange subsurface mineral interests on the Crow Reservation for federal acreage in Musselshell County cleared the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Sens. Steve Daines and Tim… Read More

August 12, 2026

Declassified Memos Show FBI Opened Trump Probe After Comey Firing

The FBI opened a criminal probe specifically targeting Donald Trump in May 2017, alleging the newly elected president may have been acting as a Russian asset when he fired then-Director… Read More

August 12, 2026

Treasury issues guidance for employer-sponsored contributions to Trump Accounts

Employers now have guidance from the Treasury Department on how to contribute to ‘Trump Accounts’ for their employees’ children, and the department says more than 50 companies have already committed… Read More

August 12, 2026

Financial officers applaud climate rule rescission

A coalition of state financial officers applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission for moving to rescind its 2024 climate disclosure rules that is estimated to save public businesses more than… Read More

August 12, 2026

Dems Announce Bankhead Dropped Out — She Didn’t

The Montana Democratic Party published a statement praising Democrat Alani Bankhead for suspending her Senate campaign before she had actually done so — a stunning blunder that laid bare how… Read More

August 12, 2026

Ted Cruz’s college sports bill left in limbo as U.S. Senate takes August recess

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s bill that would place sweeping new regulations on college sports failed to reach the floor this week before the Senate gaveled out for recess,… Read More

August 12, 2026

Study: Employer-Owners Lead in Income and Life Satisfaction

Business owners’ outlook on the environment for starting and running a company has soured even as ownership continues to correlate with stronger financial and personal wellbeing, according to the third… Read More

August 11, 2026

July CPI Report Wednesday Could Be a Major Test for Markets and the Fed

Investors will get one of the most important economic reports of the month Wednesday morning when the government releases its July Consumer Price Index, providing the latest look at inflation… Read More

August 11, 2026

Treasury Releases CFIUS Annual Report for 2025

The Treasury Department released its annual report on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, showing the panel reviewed 347 covered transactions in 2025 even as repeated lapses… Read More

August 11, 2026

OPI Launches Redesigned School Report Card Platform

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Susie Hedalen has launched a new online platform intended to make state and district education data easier for the public to search and understand. The… Read More

August 11, 2026

State Investigation Alleges Kalispell Bondsman Exploited Clients

Montana State Auditor James Brown has suspended the insurance producer license of a Kalispell bail bondsman accused of exploiting people under his supervision, including allegedly trading bond services for sexual… Read More

August 11, 2026

Trump Administration Reviews Wilderness Policies Across Idaho, the West

The Trump administration is reviewing how millions of acres of wilderness and other undeveloped federal lands are managed across Idaho and the West, opening several longstanding federal policies to public… Read More

August 10, 2026

Wyoming Game and Fish Director Resigns, Moves to Governor’s Office

Angi Bruce resigned as director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department effective immediately Friday, moving to a newly created position in Gov. Mark Gordon’s office. Bruce, who became the… Read More

August 10, 2026

CoreWeave Set to Report Second-Quarter Results Tuesday

CoreWeave is set to report second-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market closes, giving investors another look at whether massive spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure is translating into sustainable growth. The… Read More

August 10, 2026

Two Former NBA Players Say They Plan to Enter WNBA Draft

Two former NBA players, Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom, say they intend to declare for the WNBA draft in 2027, arguing that the league’s collective bargaining agreement fails to… Read More

August 10, 2026

Biden’s Cancer Has Spread Further, Son Says

Former President Joe Biden’s cancer has spread beyond his bones and is causing him significant pain, his son Hunter Biden said in an interview with the BBC posted online Friday…. Read More

August 10, 2026

Medal of Honor Monday: Army Cpl. Jake Allex

Army Cpl. Jake Allex earned the Medal of Honor for extraordinary courage while leading his men forward under heavy fire during the Battle of Amiens in World War I. Allex… Read More

August 10, 2026

A Bid for Montana’s First New County Since 1925

A group of residents in northeastern Missoula County is pursuing the creation of a new county encompassing Potomac, Seeley Lake and Condon, which would be Montana’s first new county since… Read More

August 10, 2026

Friedberg Says Starlink Could Become a $1 Trillion Business

Elon Musk said this week that Starlink’s long-term revenue potential could be far larger than a bullish estimate offered by former Alphabet executive and venture capitalist David Friedberg, as the… Read More

August 10, 2026

Gold’s Surge Sets High Bar for Barrick Earnings Monday

Barrick Mining will report second-quarter earnings Monday morning, with investors looking to see how much the surge in gold prices is flowing through to the mining giant’s bottom line. Barrick… Read More

August 9, 2026

Montana Senate Race Turns Combative as Withdrawal Deadline Nears

Pressure to narrow the field in Montana’s U.S. Senate race intensified this week, but with a Monday evening deadline approaching, none of the candidates has shown any willingness to step… Read More

August 9, 2026

Montana DOJ Launches PSA to Help Bring Missing Indigenous People Home

The Montana Department of Justice launched a new statewide public service announcement to raise awareness of missing Indigenous persons and encourage the public to help bring them home. The 30-second… Read More

August 8, 2026

Montana State conference to explore possibilities and challenges of artificial intelligence

Montana State University will host an interdisciplinary symposium Oct. 1-2 to explore the possibilities and challenges of artificial intelligence for human knowledge. “The Future of AI” conference, sponsored by the… Read More

August 7, 2026

Gianforte Announces Montana to End Orphan Tax on Foster Youth

Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Montana will end the “orphan tax” — the longstanding practice of diverting Social Security survivor benefits from children in foster care to cover the cost of… Read More

August 7, 2026

Daines Taxpayer Privacy Provision Clears Senate Finance Committee

A bipartisan provision championed by Sen. Steve Daines to sharply increase penalties for unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information cleared the Senate Finance Committee as part of a broader tax administration… Read More

August 6, 2026

Knudsen Extends MVD Fee Waivers for Citizenship Marker Through September

Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced the Montana Motor Vehicle Division is extending its fee waiver for driver license and identification card renewals and replacements through September 30, following a strong… Read More

August 6, 2026

Sheehy Introduces Two Bipartisan Bills

Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy introduced two pieces of legislation in recent weeks — one bipartisan bill to strengthen Buy American requirements for school meals and one to extend nationwide concealed… Read More

August 5, 2026

Dow, S&P 500 Hit All-Time Highs on Strong Earnings

The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high Tuesday for the first time in two months, as strong corporate earnings, falling oil prices and renewed optimism over a potential agreement… Read More

August 5, 2026

SpaceX Revenue Jumps 92% in First Post-IPO Report

SpaceX posted its first earnings report since its record June IPO Tuesday, beating revenue estimates by a wide margin but sending its stock down roughly 8% in after-hours trading as… Read More

August 4, 2026

UM Study Finds Meagher County a Model for Rural Revival

A new University of Montana study finds that Meagher County — one of the least densely populated counties in the continental United States — has quietly become one of Montana’s… Read More

August 4, 2026

Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender

Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender Four professors and a national faculty group asked a federal judge Monday to block the Texas A&M University System’s… Read More

August 4, 2026

Newsoms show financial picture in four years of tax returns

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, released the last four years of tax returns late last week, providing a glimpse into their financial life over the… Read More

August 4, 2026

Federal judge blocks New York’s mask ban for ICE agents

New York’s push to unmask ICE agents is on hold after a federal judge blocked provisions of a newly minted state law that restricts local cooperation with immigration crackdowns. In… Read More

August 4, 2026

Ken Paxton’s campaign says he will debate James Talarico in Texas’ U.S. Senate race

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign said he would debate state Rep. James Talarico in Texas’ U.S. Senate race after Talarico challenged him to do so Thursday morning. Talarico,… Read More

July 31, 2026

Health insurance premiums rival mortgage costs as 2027 could see huge rate hikes

The total cost of employer-sponsored family health insurance now exceeds the median monthly mortgage payment for recent homebuyers, but employers cover most of that insurance bill. The average employer-sponsored family… Read More

July 31, 2026

Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment to avoid Senate testimony

The man who led the U.S. response to the global pandemic in 2020 told Congress on Wednesday he wouldn’t answer questions about it. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National… Read More

July 31, 2026

Brown Stops $5M in Fraud Targeting Montana Native Communities

Montana State Auditor James Brown announced his office has helped stop more than $5 million in unsupported payouts by Mountain Health Co-Op, making it the second health insurer in Montana… Read More

July 31, 2026

Former University Professor Sentenced to Over 18 Years for Child Exploitation Crimes

A former California university professor was sentenced to 222 months — more than 18 years — in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor and for distributing and receiving… Read More

July 31, 2026

62 New Officers Graduate From Montana Law Enforcement Academy

Sixty-two new officers who will serve in 39 agencies across the state graduated from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy within the Montana Department of Justice, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced…. Read More

July 30, 2026

UM Dining Center Wins Grand Prize From National Food Service Organization

The University of Montana’s Lodge Dining Center recently earned the grand prize for outstanding performance among new higher education dining facilities at the National Association of College and University Food… Read More

July 30, 2026

Daines Introduces Bill to Cut Red Tape in Hydropower Licensing

Sen. Steve Daines joined Sens. Jim Risch of Idaho and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in introducing the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act, legislation that would reform the Federal Power Act to… Read More

July 29, 2026

Four Plead Guilty in $2.2M Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Four Twin Cities men pleaded guilty to defrauding Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program out of approximately $2.2 million and using artificial intelligence to fabricate records when auditors came calling —… Read More

July 29, 2026

Gianforte, FWP Open New Siskin Island Fishing Access Site on Upper Yellowstone

Gov. Greg Gianforte joined Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Christy Clark to cut the ribbon on the Siskin Island Fishing Access Site near Livingston, expanding public access on the… Read More

July 28, 2026

Paramount Delays Warner Merger Closing Until 2027 Amid States’ Legal Challenge

Paramount has agreed to delay closing its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery until at least June 2027, a stunning development that comes as a federal judge considers a… Read More

July 28, 2026

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