Proponents of nonpartisan elections argue that Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s edits to ballot initiatives imply that judicial candidates have a political affiliation that’s being hidden.

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Voters in cities and towns across Montana will elect municipal leaders and decide local ballot measures Nov. 4. These are the races and issues MTFP’s staff is keeping an eye ...

Republican President Donald Trump's re-election campaign sued the Democratic governor of Montana on Wednesday in an attempt to halt an expansion of mail-in voting in the run up to November's election.

Constitutional Initiative 131 would require district court, Supreme Court elections to be nonpartisan; groups say rewritten ...

Two groups leading efforts to ensure that Montana’s judicial elections, both at the local and Supreme Court level, remain ...

How two lawsuits could expand Citizens United and turn America into a kleptocracy — and how this nightmare can be stopped ...

There’s a growing list of organizations trying to get constitutional amendments onto Montana’s 2026 ballot. That now includes ...

Democrat Mike Cooney's recent ad in his race to become governor of Montana shows the white-haired 66-year-old rocking out on a drum set, wryly bemoaning having given up his "dream job" to become a ...

In Kalispell Wednesday night, candidates running in November’s municipal elections appeared in a roundtable hosted by Forward ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining, drilling and other development in ...

With the Nov. 4 election for Helena mayor and City Commission approaching, a series of candidate forums and debates will be ...