This story is excerpted from Capitolized, a weekly newsletter with expert reporting, analysis and insight from the editors and reporters of Montana Free Press. Kalispell Democrat and former firearms industry executive Ryan Busse launched his 2024 gubernatorial campaign Thursday, taking aim at Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in a guns, trucks and mounted-bucks heavy campaign video that features

A vaccine to prevent overdosing on fentanyl and one for heroin are in the works at the University of Montana and partner institutions. Human trials are expected to start in early 2024 for both vaccines, according to UM. UM researcher Jay Evans, who leads a campus center working on the vaccines and co-founded university corporate partner Inimmune, said recently the vaccine is unusual in that

A Florida man accused in an India-based computer hacking scheme that stole $150,000 from an elderly Montana woman admitted to a fraud crime on Monday, Aug. 21. Eddly Joseph, 43, of Gainesville, Fla., pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Joseph faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto presided. Sentencing

The State of Montana, through its Attorney General Austin Knudsen, called on a federal judge on Monday, Aug. 21, to keep Montana’s law banning TikTok in the state in effect while the case proceeds in federal court, citing well-documented concerns over the app’s massive data-harvesting practices and access to that data granted to Chinese Communist Party officials. The Montana legislature passed

By James Walling The Fort Kipp Celebration is set for this weekend south of U.S. Highway 2 between Brockton and Culbertson. The annual powwow will run from Aug. 25-27. Grand entries will be held in the afternoons and evenings Friday, Saturday and Sunday for royalty and dancers in all categories, with daily specials offered. A candlelight ceremony will be held Friday night. The Spotted Bull

Last week, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (MT-02) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland requesting more information on meetings her department is holding on the potential reintroduction of bison in Montana. “It is within the interest of Montanans and my duty as one of their congressman to be made aware of any action the department is considering regarding the reintroduction

Gov. Greg Gianforte this month invested $300 million to improve the delivery of behavioral health care in Montana when he signed House Bill 872 into law. Proposed by the governor in his Budget for Montana Families, the historic investment will support needed repairs at the Montana State Hospital and expand intensive and community-based behavioral health care and developmental disabilities services