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Montana Senate launches ethics investigation into Ellsworth’s actions
The Montana Senate on Monday voted unanimously to open an ethics investigation into the actions of Sen. Jason Ellsworth — with him in support — when he signed a $170,100 contract with a business associate late last year.
Montana Senate convening Ethics Committee to investigate its former president
The Montana Senate will conduct an ethics investigation into a $170,100 government contract brokered late last year by former Senate President Jason Ellsworth with his business associate.
Montana Senate sends Ellsworth's contract controversy to ethics committee
"The people of Montana expect that we find and adjudicate corruption in state government," Sen. Carl Glimm, R-Kalispell.
Montana Senate refers Ellsworth contract questions to Ethics Committee
The Montana Senate voted Monday to refer questions over Sen. Jason Ellsworth’s handling of a state contract to the Senate Ethics Committee for a full investigation.
Montana Senate Republican investigate use state funds by former president
The former Republican state Senate president denied Friday any wrongdoing in connection with a $170,000 no-bid contract he signed in his final days in office, an expenditure that is now under scrutiny by new Senate leadership.
Montana Senate launches ethics probe into Sen. Jason Ellsworth’s actions
The Montana Senate on Monday voted unanimously to open an ethics investigation into the actions of Sen. Jason Ellsworth — with him in support — when he signed a $170,100 contract with a business associate late last year.
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Drawn-out overhaul of troubled Montana hospital leaves lawmakers in limbo
Montana lawmakers are grappling with what they can do to improve patient care and operations at the state’s psychiatric ...
Supreme Court rejects Republican-backed Montana case based on controversial election law theory
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with ...
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Trump freeze on federal grant dollars spurs worries for Montana health services, Head Start programs and university research
A national freeze on federal grant dollars ordered by President Donald Trump has produced confusion and some alarm from ...
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‘I stand with the Jewish community’: Montana governor, congressional delegation promise to combat antisemitism, mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Zalewski attends the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The ...
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TikTok’s future in Montana returns to an uncertain status
The turmoil around the social media app TikTok over the weekend left some users in Montana uncertain, as President Donald ...
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Montana judicial reform bills working their way through 69th Legislature
On Thursday, the Montana House and Senate voted on seven Republican-sponsored bills that would make changes to the state’s judicial branch and legal system.
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GOP judicial reform bills tested in House and Senate debates
Several Republican judicial reform bills got initial approval Thursday in the first test of the party's legislative priority, ...
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Two Bills Seeking to Roughly Halve Montana’s Wolf Population Pass Out of Committee
The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee this week advanced a pair of bills that aim to aggressively reduce wolf ...