As reporters covering the statehouse, we have a variety of tools we can use as we work to help you, our readers, understand what’s happening at the Capitol. Junque files, particularly when bills are ...

Dozens of educators and students from across Montana this week painted a dire picture of the financial realities facing public schools, as they and lawmakers got their first detailed look at a ...

Proponents packed the small hearing room in the Capitol to share personal reflections on the teacher shortage that drove ...

The United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has announced a shift back to enforcing Title IX under ...

The United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has announced a shift back to enforcing Title IX under ...

Republican and Democratic legislative leaders say they prefer alternatives to the governor’s proposed cut to the state’s ...

The Commission on Practice upheld 41 ethics violations against Knudsen for his role in legal stand-off that involved all three branches of Montana’s state government.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking lawmakers for 500 additional beds at the Deer Lodge prison. With the state prison full, more ...

Gov. Greg Gianforte urged lawmakers to advance his proposals for income and property tax cuts in a news conference at the ...

One of the Montana Legislature’s blockbuster proposals to boost school funding received universal, bipartisan acclaim during ...

Montana’s American Indian Caucus is backing changes to the state’s 2023 Indian Child Welfare Act law. Supporters say the ...

Average entry-level pay for teachers in Montana is just $38,800. Pay is particularly low in districts with only a few hundred ...