Hundreds of people rallied at the Capitol last week to ask state lawmakers to pass legislation to protect the environment for future generations. A state Supreme Court ruling last year forces state agencies to consider climate change, but some Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation that could challenge that order.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking lawmakers for 500 additional beds at the Deer Lodge prison. With the state prison full, more inmates are being sent to private, out-of-state facilities. Montana PBS’s Sam Wilson dug into the issue and spoke with MTPR’s Elinor Smith.

Montana Democrats this week unveiled plans to boost housing affordability, with a specific focus on renters.

The state Senate’s ethics committee is scheduled to meet Monday to start its investigation into a deal Republican Sen. Jason Ellsworth brokered with a longtime business associate.

Bills that would continue and end the state’s Medicaid expansion program are moving through the Legislature. More than a third of Fort Peck tribal members are enrolled in the program.

Montana students' reading and math skills are in line with the national average, according to test scores released today. But, the national average has been falling since the pandemic.

Two people with Montana ties have been tapped to support the Trump administration’s forest management, wildfire prevention and conservation efforts.

A bill that would make Montana’s Medicaid expansion program permanent will move onto the House floor. Montana legislators advance plan to give raises to state employees.

The Montana Senate unanimously voted to convene its ethics committee to review a public contract brokered by a state senator from Hamilton.

A bill on human trafficking education in Montana’s public schools is moving its way through the Legislature.