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Work still taking place, lawsuit unfolding on residential property taxes

Did you get skunked out of a property tax reduction? If so, you’re an outlier, but the 2027 Montana Legislature will work to help outliers, said Rep. Llew Jones, a Conrad Republican and House Appropriations Committee chairman who pushed through property tax relief bills in 2025. Jones pointed to

Millions were spent on Montana’s rowdy Republican legislative primaries. What’s next?

A “wash,” a “mixed bag,” some hard feelings and sleepy candidates — those are the more abstract results of Tuesday’s rowdy Republican legislative primary elections across Montana. If the point of all the money and vitriol that went into these races was to change the makeup of the 2027 Legislature,

Preliminary results from Helena-area 2026 legislative primary elections

Tuesday was primary election night in the Queen City, and votes from the people of Lewis and Clark, Jefferson and Broadwater counties were cast. The Helena area saw competitive races across four House districts and three Senate districts. Here are the preliminary results as of 9 a.m. Wednesday from

Supermajority of state senators call on Windy Boy to resign

A supermajority of Montana state senators — spanning both political parties — have called on Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, a Democrat from Box Elder, to resign from his position following recent sexual abuse allegations that surfaced this spring. In a letter sent to Windy Boy on Wednesday, 40 lawmakers called the recent

Former lawmaker Jen Gross names herself as person who filed 2018 harassment claim against Windy Boy

Former Montana state Sen. Jen Gross said she was the person who lodged a harassment complaint that began a 2018 investigation into Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy. Writing in a public post on Substack, Gross publicly revealed her identity for the first time, saying she was speaking up because Windy Boy

Legislative leaders remove Sen. Windy Boy from interim committees

The Montana Legislature’s Committee on Committees at its May 4 meeting unanimously voted to remove Democratic Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy from two interim committees at the request of Senate President Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, and Minority Leader Pat Flowers, D-Bozeman. Windy Boy, one of the longest-serving members

PAC spent $760K supporting center-right GOP legislative candidates in one month

A coalition of center-right Republican candidates who have decried the flood of out-of-state money into this year’s GOP legislative primaries are themselves benefitting from a political action committee that’s bankrolled by undisclosed donors and has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Montana elections. Conservatives4MT,