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A state judicial commission responsible for redrawing judicial districts has released a slate of proposals aimed at making the court system better able to handle its growing caseload.

Montana Senator Steve Daines and Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan made their pitch to the U.S. Senate Monday night, urging the senate to split the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals into two separate courts.

Missoula has seen two high profile murder cases in recent days and some citizens are wondering why the death penalty wasn’t invoked in either instance.

A man convicted of running a scheme that bilked $4 million from more than 140 investors is asking the Montana Supreme Court to dismiss his case or give him a new trial because of prosecution delays and denial of access of a computer he says he needed for his defense.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Montana has announced the end of a lengthy investigation that resulted in 21 convictions of men involved in an online forum created by a Polson man that allowed members to exchange child pornography.

The student Senate at Montana State University has censured the student president for her drunken driving arrest.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has won his appeal to have his four-game suspension overturned.

The arraignment of a 19-year-old Florence man accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls at Florence High School more than two years ago has been continued until next week.

A federal magistrate entered not guilty pleas on 33 federal charges, including for hate crimes, for a white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston.

A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexual abuse of children.