A student organization at Montana State University that aims to empower Indigenous business students was recognized at a national conference last month. The student chapter of American Indigenous Business Leaders at MSU earned second place in the 2024 National AIBL Business Plan Competition, university division, at AIBL’s Business and Leadership Student Conference in Las Vegas. Other divisions

Montana State Auditor Troy Downing Tuesday easily won thecrowdedRepublicanprimary in the race to represent the state’s eastern U.S. House district. With almost all ballots counted, Downing captured 36 percent of the vote. Following him were former congressman Denny Rehberg and former Drug Enforcement Agency official Stacy Zinn, respectively. Rehberg, a late entry to the race, received just