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The GOP-led House Budget Committee has given party-line approval to a sweeping balanced budget plan that adds $36 billion to President Barack Obama's request for overseas war funds but with restrictions on the money that are opposed by a sizable bloc of the party's defense hawks.

President Barack Obama says the House Republican budget will not help boost the middle class and he promises a "robust debate" over its priorities.

Montana Governor Steve Bullock and the republican led legislature are in the midst of a bitter budget battle.

On Friday, The Montana House Health and Human Services Committee voted “Not to Pass” House Bill 249, Governor Steve Bullock’s plan to expand Medicaid.

A bill aiming to lower Montana's suicide rate by requiring training for health care providers has narrowly passed through a House committee.

Montana lawmakers are again considering a bill that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life in prison without parole.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Billings man is charged with breaking into his former employer's house and trying to steal $14,000.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has passed a bill aimed at expediting approvals of natural gas exports.

Senator Steve Daines joined the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today to approve construction of Keystone XL pipeline, clearing the way for full Senate vote.

Montana State Legislator Democrat Tom Woods of Bozeman has been protesting a bevy of new rules proposed in the Montana State House of Representatives.