The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.8 percent in February, compared to the national rate of 4.7 percent.
The Montana House has endorsed a bill that would allow the state Board of Investments to loan Talen Energy $10 million a year to keep two units of the Colstrip power plant running for the next five years.
A bill seeking to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy has won endorsement from the Montana Senate.
Hours before the Trump administration issued permits to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline this morning a group on the Fort Peck reservation in northeastern Montana set out on a prayer walk to protest the pipeline.
The major party candidates for Montana's seat in the U-S House both say they oppose the Republican health care bill that House leaders pulled from consideration today before voting.
The House has voted against removing Montana State Parks from the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Montana is facing a deadline at the end of this year to comply with a 2005 federal mandate called the “Real ID Act,” which requires states to meet minimum security standards for identification cards to access federal facilities or get through airport security.
On Friday, the House Judiciary Committee heard a group of bills that would rework aspects of sexual assault law in Montana.