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Montana Democrats in disarray: Leaked memo details infighting over party unity, strategy

Montana Democrats in disarray: Leaked memo details infighting over party unity, strategy

At the Democrats’ final press conference of the 2025 Montana Legislature, House Minority Leader Katie Sullivan celebrated the session as a victory. “Every step of the way, whether it’s been on the budget, on schools, property taxes, Democrats have been here at the table representing everyday working Montanans and

Gianforte just signed a $16.5B state budget. Here’s what made the cut, and what didn’t

With only a little more than a week to spare until the start of a new fiscal year, Gov. Greg Gianforte on Friday signed off on the state’s primary $16.5 billion two-year budget bill, advancing all but $31 million worth of the spending priorities tucked into it

Robocalls, critics & pork: Montana’s budget fight still sizzling after contentious session

Robocalls are a hallmark abrasion of election season, so it seemed abnormal to Rep. Llew Jones, a longtime Republican legislator from Conrad, to hear them in an off-year. More unusual yet is that those automated voice messages target Jones for his role in engineering the state budget, a matter

How a bipartisan coalition dominated the Montana Senate and fractured the Republican Party

Temperatures were well below freezing in Helena in the early morning hours of Jan. 7, the second day of the 2025 Montana legislative session. But the feeling inside the Senate president’s office was "colder in that room than it was outside" as Republican and Democratic Senate leadership

Final battle in Montana statehouse over ‘Frankenstein’ spending bill

What started as a modest $100,000 measure to bolster trade relations between Montana and Ireland has transformed into a multi-million-dollar mammoth landing place for a slew of ideas, including some that didn’t have the support to survive on their own at the Montana Legislature. As House

Montana Legislature wraps after passing property tax relief, but not without final drama

Montana Legislature wraps after passing property tax relief, but not without final drama

The 69th Montana Legislature adjourned Wednesday after passing sweeping property tax legislation and a far-reaching spending bill, but not before a final dose of drama in the Senate. The headlining policies such as property tax relief and the GOP’s judicial reform agenda were the fodder of the final

As Montana property tax relief bills near finish line, possible legal challenges loom

The two remaining property tax relief bills at the Montana Legislature approached the finish line Tuesday, but not before some senators and lobbyists for the state’s largest businesses and utilities voiced their vehement opposition a final time. Lobbyists for outfits like the Montana Chamber of Commerce, Northwestern Energy, the