Medicaid Expansion

A man and woman were arrested on Monday for car theft after they were found sitting in the stolen vehicle in a local parking lot.

A new survey commissioned by the Montana Healthcare Foundation, almost half of the respondents reported an improvement in their general health since enrolling in Montana’s Medicaid expansion.

A new study prepared for the Headwaters Foundation and the Montana Healthcare Foundation states that Medicaid expansion has brought thousands jobs and millions of dollars of economic growth to the state.

Montana’s biennial legislative session gets underway on Monday, January 7, and Chair of the House Finance Committee Nancy Ballance provides a preview of the upcoming 90 day session.

Newly elected Speaker of the House, Republican Greg Hertz from Polson has been meetings for the past several days preparing for the upcoming 2019 legislative session.

There is already some drama at the Montana Legislature, and the gavel hasn’t even yet sounded

Missoula County to lose $180,000 a year in property taxes as the city annexes the Airport Development Park.

With the defeat of I-185, the measure to fund Medicaid expansion through higher cigarette taxes, all eyes are now on the Montana Legislature to extend the program, which is due to sunset in 2019.

Montana Republicans send a letter to Governor Bullock asking him to request a federal waiver to force able bodied Medicaid recipients to work to receive benefits.

'Montana’s Senate Majority Leader Fred Thomas has sent a letter to Governor Steve Bullock asking him to help strengthen requirements in the Help and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Act