The middle class is often a forgotten segment of the population, says Sen. Mike Yakawich, a Billings Republican.

Two proposals by GOP leaders in legislature would expand the lower tax bracket to encompass middle class, while governor continues touting ‘historic’ top-down approach.

Lawmakers are focused on Medicaid expansion, which provides healthcare coverage to roughly 76,000 adults. It will sunset in June unless the Montana Legislature decides to reauthorize it. Find latest u ...

Bills advance to make Medicaid enrollment easier for seniors, children and adults with disabilities. Opponents flag potential costs to taxpayers as cause for concern.

Sen. Mike Yakawich, R-Billings, compares the state’s purchase of overdose reversal drugs like naloxone from companies that have contributed to the opioid crisis to “paying the arsonist to put out his ...

Montana legislators are pushing for changes to DUI laws— laws that Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, calls a national embarrassment.

A bill that would require transgender people in Montana to use the bathroom that aligns with their sex at birth has cleared ...

Allegations of criminal activity by former Montana Senate leader Jason Ellsworth are being handed over to the state Department of Justice following a heated Thursday floor debate in the Senate ...

The Montana Senate will conduct an ethics investigation into a $170,100 government contract brokered late last year by former Senate President Jason Ellsworth with his business associate.