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Tenants rallied in Brooklyn on Thursday, calling on the state to speed up its distribution of billions of dollars in emergency rental relief.

Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed into a law a bill that gives him mostly unfettered ability to fill supreme and district court vacancies. Senate Bill 140, sponsored by Sen. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, eliminates the Judicial Nominating Commission and gives the governor power to fill judicial vacancies. However, the appointments have to be approved by the Senate. While the bill made its way through the legislature, the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by Regier, stalled on confirming three judges appointed by former Democratic Gov. Steven Bullock. Opponents worried the eliminating th...

The deal continues to offer better recoveries for the guaranteed Public Building Authority debt than for general obligation debt, but trading of the GOs blew up with more than $180 million exchanging hands to higher prices.

Through incoming legislation, Gov. Greg Gianforte is looking to expand his office's fingerprints across more state government branches and agencies. One recently introduced bill would give Gianforte, a Republican elected in November, immediate power to directly appoint state district court judges and state Supreme Court judges. Under another piece of legislation, Gianforte would also be able to appoint deputy directors of state agencies upon vacancies. In the last week or so, board appointments made by outgoing-Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, have also been cleared from the confirmation proce...

A freshman legislator from Bozeman on Wednesday said she is withdrawing a bill that unleashed a flood of outrage this week for its language that opponents argued would strengthen parental rights for rapists. Rep. Jane Gillette, R-Bozeman, was scheduled to present House Bill 209 to the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, but said she won’t bring the legislation to any committee this session after the fury that erupted this week over the bill’s language. Gillette said Wednesday the intent of the legislation was lost in translation and did not include enough input from victim advocate...