Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock faces a fine between $15,472.15 and $46,416.45 after the state’s Commission on Political Practices ruled he passed 11 illegal campaign checks totaling $15,472.15 in the Nov. 6 race for governor. Under Montana law the fine for a campaign finance violation is one to three times the amount involved.  Bullock, theRead the f […]

BOZEMAN — American Tradition Partnership is not surprised Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock was found guilty Thursday of breaking state campaign finance laws regarding 11 illegal campaign checks totaling $15,472.15, the group said in a statement today. “Steve Bullock has repeatedly thrown false accusations at American Tradition Partnership and anyone el […]

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 […]

According to a filing with the Office of Political Practices, the bulk of a controversial $500,000 contribution given to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill came from the Republican Governors Association (RGA), a national group which promotes Republican candidates for governor. Earlier in October, U.S District Court Judge Lovell struck down Montana’ […]

The Montana Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state land board’s decision to lease Otter Creek to Arch Coal this week. The Northern Plains Resource Council, the National Wildlife Federation, the Montana Environmental Information Center, and the Sierra Club all filed an appeal to the Montana Supreme Court, contending that the state land board should have [ […]

For the fifth time this election cycle, incumbent Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau declined an opportunity to debate her GOP opponent, Sandy Welch, leading the Welch Campaign to accuse Juneau of avoiding “accountability to voters.” “Sandy realizes that accepting and showing up for debates in a campaign is at the very least a [... […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org HELENA – President Barack Obama recently confused politicos and pundits when he coined the phrase “economic patriotism” in a call for American companies to aid the United States’ economic recovery. The president’s use of the term suggests he believes companies should invest in Americans by paying middle-class wages and upper-cl […]

Montana Democrat Jon Tester, during an interview, says that lobbyists in Washington D.C. “provide information” for lawmakers. […]

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org HELENA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester continually boasts that, through the 2010 health-care reform law, he and other members of his party have held insurance carriers accountable to the American people. While the law expands coverage to those who might have been uninsured, it also engages in corporate welfare of the […]

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 […]