Montana Politics: Latest News

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.

University of Montana President Seth Bodnar is expected to run for U.S. Senate as an independent, part of an elaborate plan apparently backed by former U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against an Anaconda man who was shot and wounded by police in 2021 and claimed his constitutional rights had been violated.

Almost four years after the state hospital lost a key federal certification – and access to funding that went with it – leaders say they’ve officially submitted a request to get that status back.

Montana Supreme Court Justice Laurie McKinnon has been charged with a misdemeanor, after sheriff’s deputies said she failed to slow down while passing a stopped emergency vehicle.

Anyone who wants to get a ballot measure in front of Montana voters in the 2026 elections has until mid-June to turn in thousands of signatures from registered voters.

Alani Bankhead says she spent much of her career investigating crimes like human trafficking and child sexual abuse, including time with the Hawaii Attorney General’s office.

There’s a growing field of Democratic candidates challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke in the race for Montana’s western U.S. House seat.

The Montana Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ballot measure intended to block corporations from spending on political campaigns – but the sponsors of the measure say they plan to try again.

At an event in Helena Tuesday, business leaders expressed ongoing frustration with Montana’s property tax system – including the changes passed during last year’s state legislative session.

In the hours after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the members of Montana’s congressional delegation – all Republicans – hailed the action.

Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital serves an area of northeastern Montana with about 25,000 people in 14,000 square miles. Leaders say providing health care over an area like that comes with challenges.

2026 is here, and that means Montana is once again in an election year. But chances are the election hasn’t felt as ever-present this time around.

A state judge in Helena has agreed to temporarily suspend former Montana Senate President Sen. Jason Ellsworth from office, while he goes through the legal process on a charge of official misconduct.

Gov. Greg Gianforte has ruled there’s no need to suspend Montana Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar from office until an investigation against him is completed.

The U.S. House has narrowly approved a bill that would remove gray wolves from the federal endangered species list across the country.

Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, will face a criminal charge for official misconduct, in connection with the controversy over state contracts that upended the Montana Legislature’s 2025 session.