campaign finance

The Republican group got it right — Tester was the top recipient in Congress of money from lobbyists for a time, according to campaign contribution data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced on Monday that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld his office’s defense of Montana’s contribution limits in the case of Lair v Motl.

A lawyer for the state is asking a judge to fine and remove from office a Bozeman legislator whom he says committed the most serious violation of campaign laws in Montana history.

Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl said on Friday that the recently completed Art Wittich trial was the first time in 75 years that a candidate had been adjudicated as a campaign practice violator.

A Montana lawmaker says he never knowingly received illegal campaign contributions from conservative groups during his 2010 election campaign.

It took 18 years for state regulators to clear the backlog of complaints alleging campaign violations against candidates and organizations. That was just the first step.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Higher speed limits and new sex-offender requirements are among the 165 new laws that take effect Thursday in Montana.

Since the election of 2012, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Rick Hill has been facing a lawsuit over money he received and spent during his campaign. At the time, Montana’s political practices laws were in flux after a district court judge revoked the state's campaign contribution limits...

Montana Governor Steve Bullock was in Missoula Yesterday, urging students and faculty at the University of Montana to push for the passage of eleven bills related to campaign finance disclosure.

During the recent campaign for Missoula County Sheriff, the law firm of Datsopoulos, MacDonald and Lind hosted a fundraising get together for Democrat Sheriff's candidate T.J. McDermott, that occurred on May 8.