By Bella Butler MANAGING EDITOR HELENA – A committee of Montana lawmakers voted April 5 not to support a ballot initiative that would grant the greatest...
By Eric Dietrich MONTANA FREE PRESS HELENA — Meetings of the Montana Legislature’s tax policy committees, particularly the interim group that meets in off-seasons when the Legislature...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (1) – 9/13/21 A fourth lawsuit has reached Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s desk challenging new voting laws passed this last...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (1) – 8/17/21 Planned Parenthood has sued the state of Montana over four laws—derived from House Bills 136, 140, 171 and...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (1) – 8/3/21 During this year’s legislative session, a series of bills were passed in Montana and Idaho that lengthened...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (2) – 7/19/21 Amelia Marquez, 27, from Billings, and John Doe, 22, a Bozeman-born man, are suing the state of...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (2) – 7/1/21 California has blocked state-funded travel to Montana over the passage of Montana’s House Bill 112 and Senate...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (3) – 7/1/21 A bill that prohibits political committees from hosting voter ID, registration, signature collection or voter turnout efforts...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (2) – 6/7/21 Montana’s 67th Legislature was a historic one—it was the first time since 2003 that Republicans had control...
Town Crier “Briefs from the Region” (1) – 5/28/21 As Montana lawmakers squared off in this year’s legislative session, one issue seemed mostly bipartisan: mental health....
