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The Montana budget situation is getting worse, not better, according to a report that says the projected budget surplus is just about gone.
The Montana budget situation is getting worse, not better, according to a report released Thursday that says the projected budget surplus is just about gone.
Very few of the growing number of Montana lawmakers taking state jobs appear to be complying with a largely forgotten ethics law requiring proof that such arrangements don't lead to double-dipping, a survey by The Associated Press has found.
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Tuesday he is still evaluating a plan from Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., that aims to both expand wilderness and increase logging in Montana.
Four economic development jobs will be eliminated by the end of the year in a move to save $380,000 amid bleak state finances, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's administration announced.
Holders of lost savings bonds dating back to World War II say its not nearly as easy to track down the lost money as the U.S. Treasury Department claims in an ongoing lawsuit.
Jason Christ lit a bowl of homegrown marijuana outside the Great Falls Civic Center, not worried that the police station was right around the corner.
The president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association apologized Thursday to Gov. Brian Schweitzer for a "distressed relationship" as the conservative-leaning group said it wants to stop quarreling with the Democrat.
The federal government is facing a lawsuit over billions in unclaimed bonds that date back to the patriotic fundraising efforts of World War II, leading to a showdown between states who say they should be given the money and a Treasury Department that claims ownership.
State Sen. Greg Barkus said Thursday he plans to finish his Senate term if possible, even as he fights felony charges in a high-profile boat crash that injured Congressman Denny Rehberg and three other passengers.
If Montana has its way in a lawsuit filed Thursday, there will be far less federal gun control in the state.
Rep. Denny Rehberg on Wednesday provided the harrowing details of a boat crash after dinner and drinks two weeks ago as he returned to Washington using a walker and on crutches, saying he crawled out of the wreckage with only his cowboy boot holding his shattered ankle in place.
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus told AARP members Tuesday that those who are worried that a health care overhaul would hurt their government benefits should know that even Medicare recipients would be helped under his plan.
A spokesman for a Montana congressman who was injured when a boat he was in crashed onto a lake shore says the lawmaker is nearing the end of his hospital stay.
President Barack Obama didn't let thunderstorms and unseasonably cool weather stop him from learning how to fish for Montana's famous trout during his weekend trip to the rustic West and its national parks.
By making a rare presidential visit to Montana, Barack Obama has put even more pressure on the rural state's senior senator, Max Baucus, and his panel to produce bipartisan health care legislation in just a month's time.
Protesters plan to turn out in force when President Barack Obama brings his health care town hall tour to Montana on Friday and puts a conservative suburb of Bozeman at the center of the issue for a day.
In Big Sky country, there's no limit on strong opinions about Democratic Sen. Max Baucus and his struggle to fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of health care overhaul.
The Bozeman City Commission has voted to eliminate a hiring policy that allowed the city to look at information found on social networking sites in considering job applications.
If Albert Einstein had lived long enough, he might have invented the flux capacitor — a fact that wasn't lost on Christopher Lloyd.
Montana Sen. Max Baucus and wife Wanda are divorcing after 25 years of marriage.
A state House committee vote likely has ended a strong push this year to ban capital punishment in Montana.
The call for economic stimulus is having an unintended side effect in places like Montana, where environmental protections are on the verge of being repealed in the name of jobs.
The Montana House of Representatives strongly endorsed a bill that paves the way for construction of a horse slaughterhouse in Montana and aims to bring the industry back to the United States.
Democrat Brian Schweitzer has won a second term as governor of Montana, defeating Republican state Sen. Roy Brown.
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