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Bill to allow political party donations to Montana judicial candidates heads to gov's desk

The first bill of the highly anticipated package of judicial reform proposals is headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk. House Bill 39 would repeal a law banning political parties from donating to judicial candidates in Montana. The legislation is one of 27 bills recommended by the Senate Select Committee

Bill to allow political party donations to Montana judicial candidates heads to gov's desk

The first bill of the highly anticipated package of judicial reform proposals is headed to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s desk. House Bill 39 would repeal a law banning political parties from donating to judicial candidates in Montana. The legislation is one of 27 bills recommended by the Senate Select Committee

Judge permanently blocks 2023 Montana law that defined sex as binary

A 2023 bill passed by the Montana Legislature that defined "sex" as binary discriminated against transgender, intersex and Two Spirit Montanans and violated their right to privacy under the state constitution, a Missoula judge ruled Tuesday. While 2023’s Senate Bill 458 was permanently blocked from taking effect

Montana DOJ opens criminal investigation into Senator Ellsworth's $170K contract deal

The Montana Department of Justice is opening a criminal investigation into Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, after he attempted to use state money to contract a longtime friend, the department announced Wednesday. This investigation was prompted by a referral from the Legislative Audit Division to Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s

Before controversial contract, Sen. Ellsworth pushed state job for business associate

Before Sen. Jason Ellsworth quietly tried shepherding a $170,000 state-funded contract for his longtime business associate, he sought to clear the way for Stevensville’s Bryce Eggleston to land a job in state government. The Montana State News Bureau on Monday obtained Eggleston’s resume for a communications

Montana Senate spirals as Ellsworth ethics probe paused, investigation sent to DOJ

Senate Democrats and a faction of GOP lawmakers on Thursday paused an ethics investigation into Sen. Jason Ellsworth’s controversial contract arrangement and referred the probe to the Montana Department of Justice, bringing the tensions that have embroiled the state Legislature for weeks to a 90-minute meltdown. The move

Montana bill to keep trans women out of female sports clears hurdle as Trump signs order

On the same day President Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports, members of the Montana Legislature celebrated similar efforts at the state level. A proposal from Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe, a Billings Republican, that would bar people assigned male at birth