Montana Government News

There is a public hearing today in Sun River on Cascade County's proposal to charge a $75 fee for each of the 392 or so homes in the Montana county to help buy new fire-fighting and safety equipment.

Yoga enthusiasts from around Montana competed in a contest Saturday at Southgate Mall.

During National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, the Humane Society celebrates animal shelters across the country.

The American Legislative Exchange Council , the nation's largest individual membership association of state legislators, congratulates Montana State Senators Jim Shockley and Greg Hinkle for announcing their intent to introduce a constitutional amendment to protect the right of individuals to make their own health care choices.

Montana has one of the highest cremation rates in the country. But within the state, western and eastern Montanans look at it differently.

While New York-based Bresnan Communications has been busy dumping assets in Montana, they've been plotting behind the scenes with Gov.

Most of our reports about the H1N1 flu shot clinics have been at health departments, schools and other public locations, but you might be surprised to hear where some of the shots are going.

State officials are defending the process by which the front-runner for a software contract was chosen.

The Governor's Office of Community Service is adding to its team to help spread volunteerism throughout the state.

The Montana Department of Revenue may have something that belongs to you. It could be money, property, valuables, or anything that you may have forgotten about, or something you didn't know was left to you.

These policy suggestions are based on local needs assessments and community input.

LPL Financial Corporation will pay nearly $1.3 million in restitution to Montana investors and a fine of $150,000 to the State of Montana under a settlement announced today by Monica Lindeen, Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance.

North Carolina recently joined New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Kentucky and Illinois in a building trend among states choosing to raise alcohol taxes.

A Boston-based investment firm has agreed to pay $1.3 million in restitution to Montana investors for a Ponzi scheme run by an independent broker in Kalispell.

HELENA - The Montana Human Rights Bureau is dismissing a complaint of discrimination against Native American inmates at the private Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby.

Climate change is here. It's already influencing economic decisions and conditions across the world.

HELENA - Montana is redesigning its basic license plate design for the first time in five years, and is looking at a retro-inspired design that harkens back to the plates of the 1970s and earlier.

Montana is 1 of 6 states suing the federal government over $15 billion dollars in unclaimed war bonds from WWII.

Jason Christ lit a bowl of homegrown marijuana outside the Great Falls Civic Center, not worried that the police station was right around the corner.

Greater health resources are now available to rural Montanans through a new website.