Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer took a jab at lawmakers several times during his tenure for supposedly taking advantage of ...

Tens of thousands of tons of contaminated soil at a shuttered aluminum plant just north of Columbia Falls will be ...

As the 2025 legislative session gears up, MTFP is producing a series of video and text pieces intended to help our readers ...

The MT Lowdown is a weekly digest that showcases a more personal side of Montana Free Press’ high-quality reporting while ...

The Montana Senate prepared for a Monday reboot while House lawmakers took their first bites at meaty social issues.

Policy proposals so far focus on state-funded financial subsidies to address high costs and low wages for child care workers.

Thousands of million-dollar homes benefit from a sizeable tax break intended for farms and ranches, Montana Free Press and ...

Across both traditional and expansion programs, 66% of Montana adults enrolled in Medicaid report working part-time or ...

A fight over committees and rules means the Montana Senate faced delays just three days into the legislative session.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejects state petitions for local management, creates single recovery area for grizzlies in ...

Kenneth ‘Britt’ Cotter resigned last month after learning he was the subject of a criminal investigation into alleged cocaine ...

CHOTEAU — A fire damaged part of the Choteau Acantha’s building between 2 and 4 a.m. Tuesday. No one was injured. The blaze ...