Montana Politics: Latest News

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies, but Trump announced he planned to reinstate tariffs using a different mechanism just hours later.

Montana’s TikTok ban is officially over as the state and the social media company agreed to dismiss a lawsuit over it.

Republican U.S. Rep. Troy Downing has officially filed to run for a second term in the U.S. House, representing Montana’s eastern congressional district.

Well before 8 a.m. Tuesday, there were already eight people in line outside the Montana Secretary of State’s Office, waiting for the moment they could sign up to get their names on the ballot.

This year, Montana voters will be electing three out of four members of the state’s congressional delegation, including both of its representatives in the U.S. House.

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against a Kalispell man who argued his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested after trying to film a police traffic stop.

Gov. Greg Gianforte has touted the property tax bills he signed after last year’s Montana legislative session as a tax cut for the majority of homeowners.

President Trump announced on Truth Social that he is nominating Katie Lane to replace Judge Susan Watters.

The State of Montana has launched an investigation into whether the City of Helena violated the state’s law prohibiting “sanctuary cities.”

Montana’s top election official is pushing back publicly against reports about how her office may be cooperating with the Trump administration as it seeks to review voters’ eligibility.

On Monday afternoon, volunteers hit the sidewalks around Helena’s Walking Mall, gathering signatures to get Constitutional Initiative 132 onto the November ballot.

Montana Republicans are in Great Falls this weekend to officially launch the party’s campaign efforts for the 2026 elections.

If you’ve been around Helena recently, you may have seen Montana’s historic Original Governor’s Mansion covered up with plastic sheeting.

A state district judge in Helena has decided not to step in and order the Montana Republican Party to redo its election for party chair.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is encouraging high school students across Montana to start chapters of the student organization founded by the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Montana’s largest utility company is updating its long-range plan for how to meet the state’s energy needs – and now, they’re giving the public a chance to weigh in.

On Friday afternoon, school choice advocates gathered at the Montana State Capitol for an annual rally marking “National School Choice Week.”

In October, MTN reported on a data breach involving customers with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana. Now, as a state investigation into the breach continues, the next steps could play out in court.

A group of Democratic state lawmakers from Montana are traveling to Minnesota this week, as part of a multi-state effort to push back on what they consider the Trump administration’s “overreach.”

For years, discussions about a possible state sales tax have been bubbling under the surface in Montana political circles.

The discussion on the role and deployment of ICE agents across the country intensified following this weekend’s deadly shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Amid the ongoing controversy over federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, immigration policy was in the spotlight in the city of Helena Monday night.

Montana Supreme Court Justice Laurie McKinnon has paid a fine, after admitting to a misdemeanor for failing to slow down while driving past a stopped emergency vehicle.

The owners of TikTok have announced a new U.S.-based entity will take over managing the app in this country. It could mark the end of a yearslong battle over TikTok’s ability to operate in the U.S.

A former Montana Senate president didn’t appear in person in a Helena courtroom Thursday morning, but he did appear by video, pleading not guilty to a charge of official misconduct.

Three current and former Republican lawmakers argue the way the major property tax reform passed by the Montana Legislature last year was put together and passed violated the state’s constitution.

Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s office has been working to bring attention to its efforts to increase reviews of voter registrations, with the goal of removing ineligible voters.

Mike Eisenhauer, a cardiologist from Great Falls, says he wants to serve Montanans in the middle by running as an independent candidate for U.S. House in the 2nd Congressional District.

Montana State Auditor James Brown says his office has identified what could be up to $50 million in attempted fraud, in what he calls a scheme targeting vulnerable people in tribal communities.

Gender identity and the discussion of human sexuality in public schools have been a heated point of contention in Montana and national politics.