School spending is a crucial issue for students, families, and taxpayers who expect their money to be used effectively. Montana law mandates a review of the school funding formula every 10 years. That ...

Despite public fissures among the state GOP, multiple investigations into lawmakers’ financial practices and a slew of bitter ...

A statewide historic preservation program is funding the preservation of two historic Kalispell buildings after lawmakers ...

The 69th Montana Legislature will require much patience ... In welcoming the body, Senate President Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, asked his colleagues to consider Montanans in doing their legislative ...

27—Ahead of the 2025 legislative session in Helena, Kalispell Mayor Mark Johnson said ... Johnson also slammed Senate Bill 382, known as the Montana Land Use Planning Act, which was signed ...

New legislation mandates response plan for cardiac emergencies, with athletics a focus. Heart issues a focus for school ...

Terry Falk, a Kalispell Republican who chairs the general ... is becoming an increasingly scrutinized operation at the Montana Legislature. That is in large part because of a senator’s ability ...

Legislators have voted forward bills on property tax relief, Medicaid expansion, judicial oversight and more. Montana’s 2025 Legislature is halfway over; here’s some of what lawmakers have ...

Western Montana's Flathead Lake is not expected to reach its full pool this summer and may end up more than a foot lower than ...

The Montana Legislature this week approved pay raises ... and daily news reporting at the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell.

Republican Matt Regier of Kalispell, who was House speaker in 2023, will be Senate president this session. Brandon Ler, a Republican from Savage, will be speaker in 2025. Super Bowl-winning safety ...

John Fuller, a Republican from Kalispell and Chair of the ... On Monday, Feb 24, both bills were heard on the Senate floor for second reading. The Montana Indian Child Welfare Act bill involved ...