Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration to block it from rescinding the Title 42 public health policy during the worst border crisis in decades. The lawsuit asks the court to move swiftly to keep the policy in place and prevent the influx of illegal border crossings that will result if it is lifted next month. A deepened crisis at the border

Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced Montana’s economy grew an inflation-adjusted 6.7% in 2021, the seventh largest rate of growth in the country. It also marks the sharpest rate growth in Montana in more than 40 years. Montanans’ personal income also grew by 8.5 percent in 2021, the fastest increase in 15 years. “Thanks to hardworking Montanans, our state had an economic boom last year,

Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are increasing law enforcement efforts on wildlife management areas while seasonal closures continue for many of these areas. So far this year, FWP wardens in southwest Montana have prosecuted four cases of trespassing on WMAs, including Fleecer Mountain and Wall Creek WMAs. Wardens work diligently to protect WMAs and the wildlife on them,