A private contractor at the center of a Montana Senate ethics probe is pushing back against allegations of waste and abuse directed at the chamber’s former president, Republican Jason Ellsworth.

The Montana Senate will conduct an ethics investigation into a $170,100 government contract brokered late last year by former ...

Sen. Jason Ellsworth's former business partner said his reputation has been severely damaged by the audit report, which the ...

A former Montana Senate leader’s $170,100 government contract with a business acquaintance was a wasteful and abusive use of ...

The state’s legislative auditor says a sitting legislator abused his power and wasted government resources when he gave a ...

Educators from across Montana weigh in with personal stories in support of a new bill targeting the state’s teacher shortage.

The Montana Senate unanimously voted to convene its ethics committee to review a public contract brokered by a state senator ...

"The people of Montana expect that we find and adjudicate corruption in state government," Sen. Carl Glimm, R-Kalispell.

Republican and Democratic legislative leaders say they prefer alternatives to the governor’s proposed cut to the state’s ...

The Senate voted unanimously Monday to assemble a bipartisan Ethics Committee to investigate the agreement between Ellsworth and Bryce Eggleston, of Stevensville. Senate leaders say they have ...