Montana Politics: Latest News

Turning Point USA drew 3,300 attendees to Montana State University featuring Vivek Ramaswamy and Governor Greg Gianforte in packed fieldhouse event.

Several thousand people filled Brick Breeden Fieldhouse for the latest stop in the “This Is the Turning Point” Tour – an event originally scheduled to be hosted by conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Rep. Ryan Zinke joined Yellowstone’s superintendent to clean park bathrooms Monday, highlighting efforts to keep the park open during the federal shutdown.

There’s a growing list of organizations trying to get constitutional amendments onto Montana’s 2026 ballot. That now includes one proposal to revise the ballot measure process itself.

A pair of state lawmakers is suing Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission, claiming they aren’t doing enough to reduce the state’s wolf population.

Montana’s highest court must now decide whether a Kalispell man’s constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested after trying to film a police traffic stop.

As Congress again failed to reach agreement on a budget deal Tuesday, it appears the federal government is headed for a shutdown.

Montana’s two major political parties are in different places after the most recent state elections, but each party’s chair says they need to adjust to Montana’s new political realities.

Earlier this year, Congress approved tighter rules on federal Medicaid spending – but they also set aside $50 billion for a fund to help alleviate the impacts of those changes on rural hospitals.

Since the start of his administration, Gov. Greg Gianforte has set up several task forces to research and provide recommendations on issues like housing availability and property taxes.

Pre-kindergarten classes at Morning Star School went through their normal morning routines, but they had some high-profile guests: Gov. Greg Gianforte and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

The U.S. is quickly approaching another government funding deadline, which means Congress is again debating over the possibility of a shutdown.

22 young plaintiffs have joined a federal lawsuit, challenging President Donald Trump’s energy policies.

For weeks, disputes among members of the Montana commission that regulates utilities have been playing out in commission meetings and in the media. On Tuesday, they played out in a Helena courtroom.

A state district court judge in Helena has awarded almost $3 million in attorney fees to the plaintiffs in the Held v. Montana climate change lawsuit.

If there was one clear theme at the Montana Democratic Party’s state convention Sunday, it’s that party members are ready to get back to winning.

Every two years, the Montana Legislature passes bills, the governor vetoes them, and they die. But in one case after the 2023 session, a bill in that situation got tied up in a monthslong legal battle

Several hundred people gathered in front of the Montana State Capitol in memory of Charlie Kirk, Sept. 12, 2025, after the well-known conservative activist was assassinated.

Right now, local governments across Montana are finalizing their budgets for the coming year and getting ready to send out property tax bills.

A Montana District Court Judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking Governor Greg Gianforte from taking any action to suspend Montana Public Service Commission President Brad Molnar.

On Wednesday, Montana Public Service Commission President Brad Molnar, R-Laurel, put forth a motion to withdraw a letter sent by the PSC Response Team to Governor Greg Gianforte.

On Wednesday at the State Capitol, election officials ran an analysis on new election technology to see if it could be used in Montana elections.

On Thursday, a state district judge in Helena heard arguments on whether a school choice program for students with disabilities violates the Montana Constitution.

A month after the head of the elected body that regulates utilities in Montana announced he was under investigation, the controversy surrounding the Public Service Commission is continuing to heat up.

Starting a few months ago, the state of Montana began moving some of its female inmates to a facility outside Boulder – the latest step aimed at addressing the growing need for prison space.

Earlier this summer, MTN reported that the Gianforte administration was looking to centralize state agencies’ procurement, human resources and information technology under the department.

Almost four months after the end of the Montana Legislature’s 2025 session, there’s still one bill that passed the Legislature but hasn’t become law or been vetoed: Senate Bill 437.

According to court documents, a former contractor with Montana political campaigns will admit to embezzling more than $250,000 from her clients.

A lawsuit filed by the Chippewa Cree Tribe argues that Chouteau County’s current electoral system silences Native voices.

A second committee has announced it’s going to try to get an initiative onto next year’s ballot to ensure that Montana’s judicial elections remain nonpartisan.