Montana abortion rights group launches ballot initiative

[ A reproductive rights group in Montana launched an initiative Tuesday to include a state constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in the general election this November. On Tuesday, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced that it has officially launched its signature drive to get the required 60,000 signatures from Montanans by June 21 … Read more

Montana Republican seeks to knit Trump, Senate GOP as campaign chief

[ Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) didn’t waste any time after the Alabama Supreme Court threatened to upend the political cycle by ruling that frozen embryos are people. Reproductive rights issues had given Democrats a big leg up in 2022 while Republicans struggled to communicate cohesively in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson … Read more

McConnell ‘will be involved’ in Montana Senate GOP primary

[ Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) says he will be involved in the Senate Republican primary in Montana to help businessman Tim Sheehy win the GOP nomination — who now faces a challenge from Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) — win the GOP the nomination. Rosendale, who ran and lost against incumbent Sen. Jon Tester … Read more