The bill is called the Youth Health Protection Act, the same name as House Bill 113 brought by Republican Rep. John Fuller in January.
Gianforte said those protections were one of the requirements needed for him to lift the statewide mask mandate.
The state House gave initial approval Monday to a bill the sponsor said will provide liability protections to the state's businesses over expo…
"We've said from the beginning of the session that we're here to put good policy ideas out and to work hard to gain support for them," said House Minority Leader Kim Abbott.
As House Bill 112 moved through the Montana House Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning, the chorus of voices against the legislation grew louder.
A small group of lawmakers Friday adopted measures that "highly recommend" and "highly encourage" things like mask use and temperature checks …
As a mob in Washington, D.C., forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, roughly 100 people bunched onto the state Capitol lawn in Helena on Wedn…
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The uncertainty over the format has not stymied legislators in requesting 3,100 bills so far.
Montana lawmakers backed away Tuesday from a controversial proposal to give House committee chairs pocket-veto power, and in the process showed a chasm between factions of the party that holds a 67-33 majority in the chamber.
As lawmakers prepare to meet virtually Wednesday to determine how the 2021 legislative session will function in a pandemic, incoming Republica…
Montana Republicans in the House on Tuesday approved amendments to their rules that would make it possible for committee chairs to kill bills …
Lawmakers gathered in Helena on Wednesday to elect their leadership for the upcoming session in caucuses that, at least on the Republican side, offered little in the way of mask use in acknowledgement of the novel coronavirus and pandemic.
The public health officer in Lewis and Clark County is recommending lawmakers participate remotely in upcoming caucuses and orientations set for later this week in Helena.
An effort to raise the the number of votes the Legislature needs to pass a new tax or increase an existing one cleared the House on Monday.
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Carrying signs and cheering upcoming “personhood” legislation, more than 250 opponents of abortion rallied at the Montana Capitol on Friday be…
MISSOULA — Advocates for releasing Montana’s wilderness study areas to multiple use argued at a state legislative hearing that 40 years was lo…
Same day voter registration, increasing the minimum wage and allowing services to be denied because of religions objections were among questio…
Money means a lot in politics, but it didn't guarantee results in Tuesday's Montana primary.
Sen. Christine Kaufmann, Montana's first openly gay state senator, has occupied a spot in the Montana Legislature for nearly 15 years.
The Cooperative Health Center will hire a consultant to help it fill its vacant executive director position.
Direct democracy, a proud tradition in Montana for more than a century, fell flat on its face this year.
Republican Attorney General Tim Fox says he agrees with allegations that part of a voter-initiative to expand Medicaid coverage for poor Monta…
Supporters of expanding Medicaid health coverage to 70,000 low-income Montanans submitted language Thursday for a 2014 ballot measure, which w…
HELENA – Supporters of expanding Medicaid health coverage to 70,000 low-income Montanans submitted language Thursday for a 2014 ballot measure…
