Monday was the start of what will be at least the last full week of the Montana Legislature’s 69th session – but all indications are that lawmakers will wrap things up even sooner.

The Montana House had its final debate Monday on the “big budget bill,” with legislators on the right lambasting spending, and the sponsor defending the increases as paying for the big ticket items ...

It is nearly impossible to travel far across Bridger’s 500 acres, but it does not take long to find something worth exploring ...