Everyone should have a safe place to sleep at night. Unfortunately, a growing number of Montanans are paying unsustainably high levels of rent, and...
Read moreMontana is the only state constitutionally requiring American Indian cultural heritage and history to be taught in classrooms. This provision is...
Read more"Throughout Indian Territory, there are records of Indian agents being paid a bounty for rounding up kids to ship to the government boarding schools....
Read moreThis session, the Montana Legislature passed HB 648, making major strides in addressing the lack of access to affordable child care in Montana. We...
Read moreEarlier this week, the Department of Public Health and Human Services posted data from the first month of the Medicaid redetermination process. For...
Read moreOver the past few years, a troubling pattern has emerged – Montana lawmakers have been systematically denying hungry families chances to make ends...
Read moreMontana legislators walked into the Capitol on day one of this session, looking at a $2 billion surplus. Due to federal stimulus, in-migration, and...
Read moreAfter years of insufficient funding, it is time for the Senate to bridge the gap in the state’s Office of Public Defender budget by fully funding...
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