In a nearly seven-hour ethics hearing, two witnesses testified to the circumstances surrounding Ellsworth’s $170,000 contract ...

As the Montana Legislature hits its mid-session break, a second GOP Senate leader is in the hot seat over a contract he made ...

UM Legislative News Service, University of Montana School of Journalism Legislature Hears Piles of Bills Ahead of Key Mid-Session Deadline HELENA — Lawmakers are on break this week after several ...

A Senate Ethics Committee hearing concerning state Sen. Jason Ellsworth’s relationship with a government contractor launched Friday with a debate over what witnesses the former Montana Senate ...

HELENA — The Montana Legislature eased into its mid-session transmittal break Friday, offering the body’s Republican majority ...

As the Montana Legislature hits its mid-session break, a second Senate leader is in the hot seat over a contract he made before this session convened. On the eve of the first hearing on ethics ...

The ethics committee will meet again when lawmakers return from the transmittal break March 14. The committee, made up of two ...

Tensions are rising in the state’s capitol as the Senate Ethics Committee held its first hearing Friday on Montana Senator ...

The Senate Ethics Committee investigating a contract facilitated by Sen. Jason Ellsworth called two legislative staffers to discuss the contractual process during Friday's hearing.

Kalispell, will be investigated by the legislative auditor for spending public funds on a private attorney currently ...

Kalispell, will be investigated by the legislative auditor for spending public funds on a private attorney currently ...

This referral sets up two ethics investigations against either side of a bitterly divided Senate, as another member is ...