5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (972+ words) by Darrell Ehrlick, Daily Montanan December 23, 2025 When the Montana Legislature set out to relax gun laws in 2021, the Republican-led effort wasn't about eliminating gun-free school zones, it was to make it easier for residents to carry concealed weapons " something lawmakers…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (618+ words) by Micah Drew, Daily Montanan October 30, 2025 Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has rejected a ballot initiative seeking to limit the power of corporations to spend money on elections, saying it did not meet legal review standards." Jeff Mangan, a former…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1059+ words) by Nada Hassanein, Daily Montanan August 14, 2025 Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents disproportionately rely on the public insurance program. But Medicaid cuts in the massive tax and spending…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1257+ words) by Darrell Ehrlick, Daily Montanan August 1, 2025 Montana's battle against dark money in politics stretches back more than a century, when the state was humiliated because of a bribery scandal that saw wealthy copper king William Andrews Clark elected to the…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1743+ words) by Shondiin Silversmith, Daily Montanan January 24, 2025 As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intensifies their efforts to apprehend and deport undocumented immigrants throughout the country, concern is rising among Indigenous communities residing in urban areas as reports of Indigenous people being detained…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (680+ words) The entrance to the Billings Clinic Commons in Billings (Darrell Ehrlick/ Daily Montanan). by Darrell Ehrlick, Daily Montanan January 14, 2025 An expiring contract and a breakdown in negotiations has left Montana's largest insurance carrier and the largest Montana-based healthcare organization at…...