Chet Phillips has three children, and he’s a graduate student in social work at the University of Montana. He and his little ones — 11, 11 and 9 — are ...

Using leftover funds from a legislative committee he formed last year, Sen. Jason Ellsworth signed a $170,100 contract on Dec ...

The 69th Montana Legislature is officially underway. This week, host Shaylee Ragar and reporters Tom Lutey and Mara Silvers ...

The expansion of the joint federal-state health insurance program will sunset in June unless the Legislature decides to ...

Montana lawmakers will decide in the coming months what happens to health coverage for tens of thousands of people.

A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana’s Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the most significant health care debate of the 2025 Montana ...

Over the years, the federal contribution to the original Medicaid has gradually increased beyond 50 percent. For example, for fiscal 2024, federal taxpayers contributed64% of the cost of Montana ...

He and his little ones — 11, 11 and 9 — are insured through Medicaid expansion. If it weren’t for the program, set to sunset in June 2025, he believes he might be in deep debt paying for health care ...