Jacob Olness Some Montana lawmakers passed dozens of bills in the legislative session that adjourned in April. Others didn’t get a single one across the finish line. A Montana Free Press analysis of ...

A Montana Highway Patrol trooper stopped Ellsworth at about 10:20 p.m. on May 23 when her radar clocked him driving 88 mph in a 55-mph construction zone, according to charging documents.

Delegates of the Montana Republican Party gathered in Helena Saturday to choose the party’s next chair – a process that took ...

State convention in Helena ushered in changeover in Republican party leadership, showcased ongoing divisions from Legislative ...

In an absolutely bizarre display of politics, Democratic state senators protected Republican corruption in the recent Montana State Legislature as Republicans tried to root out the unethical and crimi ...

Senate President Jason Ellsworth, a Hamilton Republican, also said Friday up to three members of the public would be on the committee and invited people to apply.

Ellsworth is a Republican senator from Hamilton and former president of the Senate with a long history of criminal, unethical, and disturbing behavior. He was fined $600,000 by the Federal Trade ...

That threshold would limit Charter projects to roughly $90 million in support. Ellsworth and Giles, however, signaled Aug. 8 that they may be interested in revisiting that number.

In 2021, Montana Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, told a Montana Highway Patrol officer that the officer should "put in a call to Knudsen." Ellsworth was being pulled over for speeding at the time.

With busy legislative sessions and increasingly busy interim committees, Montana leaders are concerned that comp time for ...

A Montana Free Press analysis of the 69th Legislature shows most lawmakers managed to get at least one bill to the governor’s ...