Following pressure from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, the Biden Administration’s Department of Education announced it has reversed its decision to defund a critical program for Montana’s rural students, and will award a total of $29,750,000, or $4,250,000 per year for seven years to the Montana University System’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program. In a letter to Secretary

Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte and Democratic challenger Ryan Busse met in Missoula Wednesday, Oct. 16, for a one-hour debate, the only forum the two major- party gubernatorial candidates have agreed to share before the Nov. 5 election. The debate, hosted by regional news network Non-Stop Local, was livestreamed on the outlet’s website and is scheduled to broadcast Thursday on Montana PBS at

Neither of the candidates for Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court thought they were destined for the highest court in the state. Instead, Jerry Lynch and Cory Swanson both say they decided to run because they saw the need for a candidate who offered a different judicial philosophy to the ones on the ballot. The campaign has come to symbolize the state of the judiciary in Montana –