Gov. Steve Bullock's budget proposal for the next two years includes a 10 percent cut for the Montana Highway Patrol — a 7.7 million dollar reduction that would mean the loss of 27 jobs, most of them troopers.
Modular homes that are left over from the boom in the Bakken oilfields will soon be helping house people in Missoula.
Gov. Steve Bullock declared a natural resource emergency today following the detection of aquatic invasive mussels in the state.
Yellowstone National Park biologists say more than 900 wild bison would need to be killed or removed this winter to begin reducing the size of herds that spill into neighboring Montana and stabilize population growth.
Yellowstone National Park's superintendent Dan Wenk has predicted the number of park visitors will keep growing after two straight years of record attendance but said park personnel are prepared for the challenge.
The state Board of Canvassers has not yet decided when a constitutional amendment to expand the rights of Montana crime victims will take effect.