Montana lawmakers will have to decide whether, and how, to reduce property tax assessment rates in the 2025 legislature to keep property taxes from rising for many MT homeowners – something they failed to do in the 2023 session.

The MT Dept. of Revenue told the Legislature that residential property market values are expected in increase another 21% for 2025. In 2023, the Republican-supermajority failed to lower the assessment, resulting in a 21% increase.

More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that’s enabled states to widen eligibility

Conservative policy groups say the program costs too much and covers too many people. Democrats say the Medicaid expansion has saved lives and helped communities by widening coverage to people who could not afford private insurance.

Montana abortion providers will not be subject to new, stringent regulations adopted by the state health department. A judge blocked the rules while a lawsuit plays out.

District Court Judge Chris Abbott said the plaintiffs in the case, including All Families Healthcare in Kalispell, are likely to succeed in their constitutional challenge of the rules, which stem from a 2023 state law. Abbott emphasized the case isn't over, and the state will have more time to make it's case.