Over the objections of anti-gun Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock, legislators in 2009 passed HB 228, a new self-defense statute protecting citizens’ right of self-defense. “The new statute squarely puts the law in the hands of the citizens, by plainly stating they have no duty to retreat if attacked in a place where they haveRead the full article...The […]

Steve Bullock (Attorney General), and the Montana Department of Justice don’t want you to know what they are lobbying for – and have apparently been running a disinformation campaign about what they support and don’t support. This has been revealed in a formal complaint submitted to the Montana Commissioner of Political Practices. The official complaintRead […]

During the recent Montana Gubernatorial debate in Butte at Montana Tech, Governor Rick Hill dominated, as evidenced by these videos of the debate:The post Video Highlights From Gubernatorial Debate appeared first on Montana Statesman. […]

HELENA – Several studies by non-partisan economists and government experts find the $2.2 trillion “ObamaCare” law championed by Democrat Steve Bullock is already responsible for dramatic increases in family health care costs. The Kaiser Family Foundation, a national non-partisan think tank, finds ObamaCare has already sent prices for health insurance skyrock […]

Media Trackers research has uncovered startling information regarding Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Dan Cox’s past, revealing close ties to a violent militia group, which at one point sought to assassinate federal law officials. Despite the information being accessible to the mainstream media, the state’s largest publications continue to tout Cox as a li […]

The top elections cop in Montana helped raise $60,000 for Democratic gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Steve Bullock, according to a Media Trackers Montana analysis of campaign finance records.  Jim Murry, the Commissioner of Political Practices (COPP) in the state, raised the funds while serving as treasurer of a political action committe […]

Democratic Secretary of State Linda McCulloch remains a staunch defender of the integrity of Montana’s elections system despite increasing concerns about the state’s mail-in ballot system, same-day voter registration, and the possibility of ineligible Canadians voting in elections. “Voter fraud — votes knowingly cast by ineligible individuals — does not exis […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org HELENA — Ahead of one of the tightest – not to mention most-expensive – elections in Montana history, Treasure State residents might be dismayed to realize that severe bloat plagues voter rolls. According a comprehensive Watchdog Labs voter registration analysis, nearly one in four Montanans registered to vote notched “inactive […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org HELENA – Well, defending one of his most controversial votes probably wasn’t how Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester wanted to spend his time in the third and final debate against upstart Republican challenger Denny Rehberg. For a good share of the Bozeman event, Tester, feverishly working to persuade voters he deserves a […]

Steve Bullock and Rick Hill trade barbs in Montana’s gubernatorial debate October 17, 2012. […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org KALISPELL — In what was by far the nastiest gubernatorial debate of this election cycle, Democrat Steve Bullock and Republican Rick Hill accused each other of ethical missteps along the campaign trail. On the campus of Flathead Valley Community College here on Wednesday night, Bullock put Hill on the defensive over a $500,000 c […]

By Phil Drake | Montana Watchdog HELENA — It was a case of policy trying to catch up with technology. The state has suspended the practice of allowing businesses to submit copies of bids on Apple iPads, as opposed to copies printed on paper, so it can sort out how the tablet computers are returned to owners after […]

  Gallatin County commissioners Tuesday approved the settlement of a lawsuit the county filed against a local furniture company for nearly a quarter million dollars. Gallatin County District Court Judge John Brown previously ruled in favor of Gallatin County, ordering Clark Sprague, a principal with RM or Rocky Mountain Furniture, to return $246,166 that was […]

  City commissioners passed a $94.7 million budget on a split 2-1 vote Tuesday night, opting to strip a $50,000 general fund allocation to the Great Falls Development Authority in an apparent affront to the authority's president, Brett Doney. Commissioners also voted 4-0 at the meeting to increase city property taxes by 4.46 percent to pay higher health […]

  Gallatin County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a 1 percent pay raise for all elected officials. As a result, commissioners will be paid $65,873 or an extra $632 from this year’s salary. But commissioners say they likely wouldn’t have taken a pay raise if it weren’t for a state statute tying elected officials’ pay to rank-and-file deputies’ w […]