Former Senate leader Jason Ellsworth was banned from the Montana Senate floor for life as part of a censure Tuesday stemming from an ethics investigation into a government contract awarded to a friend ...

Jason Ellsworth failed to disclose an extensive personal and professional relationship when organizing a state-funded contract for a friend, special counsel Adam Duerk argued Saturday.

The Montana Senate has reached a stalemate over whether to expel former leader Jason Ellsworth for ethics violations ...

A majority of Montana Senators on Monday voted to expel Sen. Jason Ellsworth, the Hamilton Republican who has been under ethical and criminal investigations related to a contract he procured ...

Scott Boulanger was initially listed as a witness in the ethics investigation into Sen. Ellsworth to potentially answer questions about the source of a $315,000 quote that preceded the contract.

Just last week, one of us, former Senate President Jason Ellsworth, was censured and banned from the Senate floor for awarding a state contract to someone with close personal ties. And now ...

Senator Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, watches a vote during the Senate Floor Session on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. (Nathaniel Bailey for the Daily Montanan) As the Senate chamber emptied on ...

HELENA, Mont. — The months-long saga over a contract controversy from former Montana Senate president Jason Ellsworth (R-Hamilton) has ended with him receiving an extremely consequential ...

T he Montana Senate drew to a stalemate Monday over whether to expel former leader Jason Ellsworth for ethics violations, though there’s no limit to how many tries they get at taking some sort ...

Ellsworth Receives Lifetime Ban From Montana Senate Floor for Ethics Violation Former Senate leader Jason Ellsworth was banned from the Montana Senate floor for life as part of a censure Tuesday ...