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A bill its sponsor called “easy-peasy” would allow retired teachers to keep their benefits while returning to tutor their replacements. The House State Administration Committee heard first testimony ...

City Commissioners approved a new audit contract during their Feb. 4 meeting. The three-year contract with Eide Bailly is $115,400 for the current fiscal year; $119,700 for next fiscal year; and $124, ...

The Town of Cascade found lead contamination in some buildings, according to preliminary reports released in January. The town had been actively testing for lead contamination in Wedsworth Hall, ...

Montana Renewables' $1.44 billion loan is back on after a federal funding freeze, according to Sen. Steve Daines. The Republican lawmaker's office said that the U.S. Department of Energy's loan that ...

The total number of fires for 2024 was down from 2023, but more building fires occurred during the last few months of the year into this year with significantly higher property and content loss. It ...

Two men have been sentenced for poaching and killing fish in the display pond at the Giant Springs Fish Hatchery in 2021. Richard Van Meter, 22, and Ty Robert Lewis, 21, were convicted of unlawful ...

A key Medicaid expansion bill passed the Montana House of Representatives on Feb. 10, one step closer to removing the sunset date on a program that has provided insurance coverage to thousands of ...

City Commissioners approved a contract amendment for the Giant Springs Road slide repair project during their Feb. 4 meeting. The amendment is for $18,645 to the Terracon Inc. contract. Commissioners ...

Montana Legislators are pitching a tightrope of a bill in hopes of closing a loophole for large “unqualified” landowners who benefit from the lower agricultural property tax rate. But to do that, Hous ...

UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism Bill that would create hefty sentences for DUI deaths advances HELENA — Montana Legislators are pushing for changes to DUI laws ...

Calumet Montana Refining filed an application with Cascade County for a new tax abatement allowed under a section of state law that was amended by the 2023 Legislature. The new abatement statute ...