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The Montana Supreme Court on Friday struck down an attempt by Republicans in the Legislature to change the way the high court’s justices are elected.

A draft bill concerning prevailing wage was voted down this week after concern was expressed in public comment.

Earlier this year, a Bozeman judge struck down a 2021 law to put to the voters in this falls election the question of electing state Supreme Court justices by district.

June is celebrated as Pride Month across the United States, but for decades, same sex relationships in Montana were considered illegal due to a statute in Montana law

June is celebrated as Pride Month across the United States, but for decades, same sex relationships in Montana were considered illegal due to a statute in Montana law

June is celebrated as Pride Month across the United States, but for decades, same sex relationships in Montana were considered illegal due to a statute in Montana law

HELENA, MT (Legal Newsline) - The Montana Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits James Brown, or any other judicial candidate, to seek the endorsement of a political party. But that hasn’t stopped leading state Republicans from endorsing the conservative Brown, an attorney and president of the state Public Service Commission, for the state Supreme Court.

Voters to get say on adult-use marijuana sales within city limits and whether to add another municipal judge to help mitigate increasing caseloads.

At the time, the board’s legal counsel warned that a vote hadn’t been publicly noticed and that moving ahead with it was “a very dangerous path to take.”

The Montana Republican Party voted to endorse current Public Service Commission President Jim Brown for the second seat on the Montana Supreme Court.