His liberal politics, inspired by the safety nets of the New Deal, were shaped in working-class mining country.

The new heads of the state GOP are inheriting a party that saw huge wins across the state, but also one that formed deep ...

Montana’s political parties diverged wildly in both the rate and the amount of legislation to become law during the 69th ...

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

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

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 the 69th ...

Pat Williams, a New Deal-style Democrat who won Montana's great liberal-conservative showdown of 1992 to become the state's ...

While abortion rights advocates described the moment as "historic" for Montana, others called it "a sad day" and hoped a ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee withdraws public lands sale provision from the "big beautiful bill" after facing opposition from ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage Tuesday on the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and ...

GOP Sen. Mike Lee's plan to allow the sale of public lands ran into bipartisan opposition in the Senate and the House.

Longtime Montana politician U.S. Rep. John Patrick "Pat" Williams, 87, of Missoula, died Wednesday. The former Democratic ...