Gov. Greg Gianforte urged lawmakers to advance his proposals for income and property tax cuts in a news conference at the Montana State Capitol.

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.

Republican and Democratic legislative leaders say they prefer alternatives to the governor’s proposed cut to the state’s top-bracket income tax rate.

HELENA, Mont. — On Thursday, Governor Greg Gianforte held his first press conference since the legislative session began, bringing a guest as he continues pushing his tax relief proposals.

Montana lawmakers are grappling with what they can do to improve patient care and operations at the state’s psychiatric hospital since realizing that the efforts underway to restore the troubled facility’s good standing could take more time.

Average entry-level pay for teachers in Montana is just $38,800. Pay is particularly low in districts with only a few hundred students, where it's already harder to hire teachers.

Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Montana unemployment reached its 42nd consecutive month with unemployment at or below 3.4%.Montana's unemployment rate fell to 3.1

The Montana state health department eliminated its tribal relations manager position when the last person who held the job retired in 2023. Tribal leaders and health officials from across the state say it’s a necessary job that needs to be reinstated.

Governor Greg Gianforte recognized ten young hunters from across the Treasure State as winners of the state's youth hunting story contest.

Governor Greg Gianforte highlighted the need for income and property tax relief during a visit to a small business in Bozeman.

Common sense would dictate that the tile layer who has to shut his business down to come to the Legislature has a very strong disincentive for serving," one lawmaker said.

Montana lawmakers are at odds with President Donald Trump's move to temporarily spare the popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, which the state banned in 2023. Though an early opponent of the video-based platform,