Montana could receive more than $127 million from a sweeping multistate settlement with Meta Platforms over allegations that the company designed Facebook and Instagram to encourage compulsive use among children… Read More
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Cascade County Investigates Signature-Gathering Fraud Tied to Bodnar, Eisenhauer Campaigns
Prosecutors probe firm hired by independent U.S. Senate and House candidates, though neither campaign is suspected of wrongdoing GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Prosecutors in Cascade County are investigating potential signature-gathering… Read More
Warsh Marks 100 Days as Fed Chairman With Break From Forward Guidance
In first Jackson Hole address as chairman, Fed chief cites AI’s growing economic influence while calling elevated inflation the central bank’s unfinished business JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — The Federal Reserve’s… Read More
VIOLENT CRIME FELL 9.3% IN 2025
White House credits enforcement push; declines extend a downward trend that began in 2023 Violent crime in the U.S. fell 9.3% in 2025 and murder declined 18.1%, according to FBI… Read More
Knudsen-Led AG Group Targets 13 States in Election Push
The Republican Attorneys General Association is highlighting a new Michigan advertisement from its affiliated Safer Michigan Fund as part of a nearly $7 million political spending campaign across 13 states… Read More
Montana’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.2%
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
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
Montana National Guard Soldier Awarded Soldier’s Medal for Heroic Rescue
U.S. Army Sgt. Adam M. Lee received the Soldier’s Medal during a ceremony at the Belgrade Armory Aug. 16 for heroic actions that saved the lives of two critically injured… Read More
Sheehy Parachutes Into Yellowstone International Airshow
Sen. Tim Sheehy made a fitting entrance at the Yellowstone International Airshow in Billings on Friday, parachuting onto the grounds at Billings Logan International Airport while carrying a Montana state… Read More
Trade Union Breaks From Democrats, Back Flint
Montana’s Carpenters Union Local 82 endorsed Republican congressional candidate Aaron Flint during a construction site tour at the new Bretz RV warehouse in Butte, with members of the Ironworkers Union… Read More
UM Announces Summer 2026 Candidates for Graduation
Close to 500 University of Montana students are degree candidates after this year’s summer semester. The students listed in the links below are UM degree candidates or have been awarded… Read More
Wyoming Republicans Head Into Four-Way Primary for Governor
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming Republicans will choose among four candidates for governor Tuesday in a closely watched primary that is likely to determine who succeeds Gov. Mark Gordon. State Sen…. Read More
Gianforte’s 56 County Tour Makes Stops Across Western Montana
HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte traveled across western Montana this week, visiting agricultural producers and manufacturers, opening a new manufacturing facility in Kalispell and recognizing a dozen veterans for… Read More
Federal Investigators Find Race Discrimination at Duke Law School
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said Duke University School of Law intentionally discriminated on the basis of race in admitting students to its 2023, 2024 and 2025 incoming classes,… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brown Secures Nearly $60,000 for Montana Securities Fraud Restitution Fund
Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown announced that a series of enforcement settlements with entities that failed to properly file required notices of business activity in Montana has… 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
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
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
Federal panel proposes new definition for sports betting
(The Center Square) – Betting on a football score isn’t gambling. At least not according to the federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission. The commission recently proposed rule changes to strengthen… Read More