Greg Gianforte

Montana’s Medicaid expansion program has officially been renewed. Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation Thursday that will keep the existing program in place.

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed two bills into law Thursday that restrict transgender Montanans access to public accommodations and school sports.

Gov. Greg Gianforte toured Bonner School just east of Missoula Wednesday to promote his education priorities, including an incentive for schools to ban cell phones.

Montana’s governor signed a bill Tuesday dictating how judges may determine whether to block laws that are challenged in court.

It's week 12 for the 69th Legislature. Lawmakers are considering policy related to the Montana State Hospital and health and welfare in Indian Country.This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana State House.

Montanans living with severe mental illness are cycling in and out of ERs, jails, shelters and the state psychiatric hospital. Many never get the long-term help they need. One Missoula woman has been caught in that cycle for years. Her daughter uprooted her life to help. MTPR's Aaron Bolton brings us their story and reports on whether proposed reforms to the state mental health system offer them hope.

The 69th legislature is starting Week 11. Today, Democratic House Minority Leader Katie Sullivan joins the podcast to share her thoughts on the first half of the session, the policy advancing through the statehouse and what she expects in the second half.

More than a quarter of Montana’s public school districts are set to participate in what could be the final year of a state program incentivizing pay raises for new teachers.

Montanans voice mounting concern about the impact of federal budget cuts and tariffs. Montana's governor and congressional delegation don't seem to share those concerns. And the Montana Legislature faces a busy, and possibly contentious second act.

Legislators have voted forward bills on property tax relief, Medicaid expansion, judicial oversight and more.