Montana’s unemployment rate fell to 3.2% in July, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced, continuing the state’s record stretch of low unemployment and remaining nearly a full percentage point below the national… Read More
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Federal Court Backs Trump’s Authority Over California Pipeline
A federal court upheld the Trump administration’s authority under the Defense Production Act to oversee operation of the Santa Ynez Pipeline on the California coast, rejecting California’s efforts to block… Read More
Poll: 41% of conservative voters favor VP Vance in 2028 presidential primary
Vice President JD Vance remains the clear favorite in a prospective 2028 Republican presidential primary, with 41% of Republicans and right-leaning Independents saying they would vote for him in The… Read More
NVIDIA HEADS INTO EARNINGS
Nvidia has beaten Wall Street’s earnings estimate in each of the past six quarters, by an average of roughly 5.6%. Its shares have declined the following session all six times…. Read More
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tracking the money raised and spent in the U.S. Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton
See the latest fundraising totals, where the money is coming from and how super PACs are spending in what’s poised to be Texas’ most expensive Senate race. The race for… Read More
Fugitive accused in $547 million Medicare fraud scheme captured
A man accused of orchestrating a $547 million Medicare fraud scheme through diagnostic laboratories in Louisiana and other states has been captured overseas and returned to the United States after… Read More
Morgan Stanley: SpaceX at $100 Would Value Its AI Business at Zero
SpaceX shares have fallen roughly 50% from their post-IPO peak, and Morgan Stanley is warning that a further slide to $100 — a level many investors consider realistic — would… Read More
American Express Q2 Beat Fails to Impress Investors
American Express reported second-quarter profits rose 8% from a year earlier, beating Wall Street’s expectations, but shares fell roughly 6% Friday as investors focused on unchanged full-year earnings guidance and… Read More
Montana Senate Race in Chaos as DSCC Dumps Bankhead
Montana’s U.S. Senate race entered a turbulent new phase as the national Democratic Party’s campaign arm publicly declared it would not support the party’s own nominee, a major veterans organization… Read More
Sheehy Opposes Iran War Powers Resolution in Fiery Floor Speech
Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, delivered a deeply personal and impassioned floor speech Wednesday urging the Senate to reject a War Powers Resolution that would have directed… Read More
Montana Auditor Prevents $1M in Fraud in Second Quarter
Montana State Auditor James Brown announced his Securities Division prevented more than $1 million in fraud-related losses for Montanans in the second quarter of 2026, bringing the year-to-date total to… Read More
First Interstate Named to TIME’s America’s Best Companies 2026
First Interstate BancSystem has been named to TIME magazine’s inaugural America’s Best Companies 2026 list, a recognition the Billings-based regional bank’s leadership credited to its people and its approach to… Read More
Independent Candidates Deepen Democratic Divide in Montana
Independent candidates have officially qualified for Montana’s U.S. Senate race and the state’s eastern congressional district, deepening a strategic divide among Democrats over whether the nonpartisan campaigns help or hurt… Read More
No Delays for Nvidia: Jensen Huang Says Rubin Is Right on Track
Nvidia has built its dominant position in the artificial intelligence chip market by consistently delivering on promises that once seemed impossibly ambitious. Now, with expectations running at record highs and… Read More
Sheehy Sworn Into U.S. Navy Reserve by President Trump
Sen. Tim Sheehy rejoined the U.S. Navy Reserve in a ceremony at the Oval Office on Tuesday, where President Donald Trump administered the oath of enlistment to the Montana Republican… Read More
Gov. Little Announces New Appointments
Idaho Gov. Brad Little announced several new appointments across state government, headlined by the naming of Alberto Gonzalez as director of the Idaho Transportation Department following the retirement of longtime… Read More
Court Narrows Restraining Order Against MTGOP Bylaws
A Lewis and Clark County District Court judge this week narrowed the scope of a temporary restraining order against the Montana Republican Party’s newly adopted bylaws, partially lifting a block… Read More
Gianforte, Burgum Announce Proposal to Return Grizzly Bear Management to States
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum joined Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and Idaho Gov. Brad Little in Big Sky on Tuesday to announce a proposed federal rule that… Read More
Labrador Joins 49-State Push to Crack Down on Illegal Robocalls
Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador joined a bipartisan coalition of 49 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers’ access to… Read More
Brown Denies $18 Million in Unjustified Insurance Increases
Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown saved Montanans more than $18 million in fiscal year 2025-2026 by denying unjustified insurance rate increases, the agency announced. Brown’s actions saved… Read More
Canada suspends animal exports from Texas due to New World screwworm concerns
Canada has suspended several animal exports from Texas due to concerns about the New World screwworm, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is immediately… Read More
U.S. Targets Khamenei’s Moneyman, Iranian Exchange Houses
The U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions Friday on a Dubai-based Iranian financier accused of managing a global network of assets for Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, along… Read More
$800 Million Janicki Campus Breaks Ground in Great Falls
Gov. Greg Gianforte joined Janicki Industries leadership to break ground on the company’s $800 million, 1.6 million-square-foot manufacturing campus in Great Falls, marking the formal start of what is expected… Read More
Sheehy’s VA Home Loan Awareness Act Becomes Law
Sen. Tim Sheehy’s bipartisan VA Home Loan Awareness Act has officially become law as part of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which took effect July 11 after President… Read More
Gianforte Suspends PSC Commissioner Molnar for One Year
Gov. Greg Gianforte suspended Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar without pay for one year, effective immediately, citing findings from two independent investigations that concluded Molnar had engaged in sexual harassment,… Read More
Montana Students Earn Recognition at 2026 National History Day Contest
Thirty-seven Montana students competed at the 2026 National History Day National Contest, held June 14-18 at the University of Maryland in College Park, in what organizers described as the largest… Read More
Feds buy two immigration detention centers for $1.5 billion
Department of Homeland Security purchases facilities in California’s Kern and San Diego counties Private prison operator CoreCivic has sold two Southern California immigration detention centers to the federal government for… Read More
Concerns raised that KIDS Act threatens Americans’ online privacy, free speech
Legislation meant to protect American teens and children online recently passed the U.S. House with strong bipartisan support, but civil liberties groups are warning that the bill could have unintended… Read More
Trump Tax Cuts Delivered $82 Billion in Relief, Treasury Reports
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released an analysis of the first filing season under the Working Families Tax Cuts, the sweeping tax legislation President Trump signed into law one… Read More
Montana State listed in Forbes as one of ‘America’s Top Colleges’
Montana State University earned a spot on Forbes magazine’s annual list of “America’s Top Colleges,” which ranks universities according to factors such as students’ return-on-investment from their degrees and their… Read More
Work Requirements Now in Effect for Montana Medicaid
Montana officially began implementing community engagement requirements for its Medicaid expansion program July 1, making the state one of the first in the nation to enforce the new rules, which… Read More
Texas Stock Exchange launches trading in test of upstart’s challenge to Wall Street
The Texas Stock Exchange commenced trading on Monday, kickstarting the first real test of one of the most well-funded new exchanges to launch in decades. The Texas Stock Exchange, a… Read More
Cromwell’s Office Under Fire Over No-Jail Plea Deal
A Gallatin County man accused of strangling his now-deceased wife has been offered a plea deal that would result in no prison time, drawing public outrage and calls for the… Read More
America Turns 250: A Nation Marks Its Semiquincentennial
Two hundred and fifty years after 56 delegates affixed their signatures to the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, the United States is marking its semiquincentennial — one of the rarest… Read More
Trump Accounts Launch July 4 With Billions in Private Backing
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced it will accept large philanthropic contributions of publicly traded stock to support Trump Accounts, the federal child investment program launching July 4 to… Read More
Watchdog asks Interior to investigate National Wildlife Federation political spending
A watchdog group wants the Department of the Interior to investigate whether the National Wildlife Federation misused federal grant money tied to political spending in Montana’s 2024 U.S. Senate race…. Read More
U.S. Supreme Court allows late mail-in ballots to be counted
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision on Monday, ruled that states can accept and count mail-in ballots received after the federal Election Day. The decision comes out of… Read More
Montana Charges Two in Medicaid Fraud Cases
The Montana Department of Justice’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit recently uncovered more than $1 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims and filed charges in two cases, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced…. Read More
Bodnar’s “Independent” Bid Built on Democratic Money, Operatives
Seth Bodnar has spent his Senate campaign positioning himself as a red-state outsider unbeholden to party machinery, but the financial picture behind his candidacy tells a more complicated story than… Read More
Federal Judge Denies Molnar’s Bid to Return to PSC Office
Montana Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar will remain unable to work from the PSC’s offices in Helena for now, after a federal judge denied his request for an order allowing… Read More
Montana State Awards 2026 Presidential Scholarships to 22 Students
Montana State University’s most prestigious scholarship was awarded to 22 high school graduates from across the nation and the world, including 13 students from Montana. The MSU Presidential Scholarship is… Read More
Zinke Celebrates $53.8 Million in PILT Funding for Montana Counties
Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke celebrated the release of $53,889,068 in Payments in Lieu of Taxes funding for Montana counties, an increase of more than $7.3 million over 2025 disbursements…. Read More
Knudsen Leads 23-State Effort Urging Senate to Confirm Blanche
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 23 state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as the next attorney general… Read More