Medicaid Expansion

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services delivered some good news to over 90,000 Montanans recently about the state’s Medicaid expansion program.

The Veterans Day ceremony at the Doughboy Statue in from of the county courthouse commemorated a little known campaign fought by American troops in Russia after the end of WWI.

Montana Republicans and Democrats compromised in the 2019 Legislature to pass Medicaid expansion with the caveats that there would be some work and community service requirements, however the federal government has not yet authorized the provision.

Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer's condition is improving at a Salt Lake City Hospital, so much so, that he gave a thumbs up for a UM Grizzly sweatsuit.

The embattled Medicaid Expansion bill passed the state senate by a narrow margin on it's second vote on Monday. A final vote is scheduled for today.

The embattled Medicaid Expansion bill cleared the Montana State senate by a narrow vote during Monday’s floor session.

Tiffanie Pierce and Augustus Standingrock were both sentenced on Friday to two life terms in the Montana State Prison for killing and dismembering two people in August of 2017.

The head of the Montana Hospital Association rails against President Trump's plans to do away with the Affordable Care Act.

The Medicaid Expansion bill passed through the Montana House of Representatives without amendments on Friday, a move that did not sit well with the Speaker of the House, Greg Hertz (R) Kalispell.

Missoula Democrat lawmaker Kimberly Dudik is home this week preparing for the second half of the legislative session that begins next Monday.