Montana’s governor held an invite-only session on Tuesday with the state’s most powerful utility companies and energy industry players. The governor asked his selected industry leaders how state policy could help them make more power.

A district court in Helena temporarily blocked a pair of state agency rules that prevented transgender Montanans from updating their identification documents.

Montana’s outgoing U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale held a final tele-town hall with constituents before he leaves office in January. He told them he’ll hold his ground on his last major vote in the House.

The Montana Supreme Court has decided a right to a clean and healthful environment includes a stable climate. It’s the final step in a case where 16 young people sued the state for failing to act on climate change.

Montana’s high court upheld a block on a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The case is not yet over, but state Supreme Court justices say the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in their challenge of the law.

A new audit reports that an estimated $1.2 billion in taxable value from new construction in Montana went unaccounted for over the last six years. The report identified several ways the properties are slipping through the cracks.

Montana’s U.S. Senator Jon Tester gave a farewell speech to the upper chamber Monday. Colleagues commended his public service and recounted fond anecdotes about his time in office. After 17 years representing Montana in the U.S. Senate, Tester’s service will end in January.

A new audit concludes that the state fails to properly track lobbyist activity at the Legislature.

Montana Republicans will again make their criticism of the judiciary a central debate during the upcoming legislative session.

More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that’s enabled states to widen eligibility, according to KFF, a health information nonprofit.