- The governor's budget director warns that House Republicans' stripped-down infrastructure legislation could result once again in failing to pass a bonding bill for public works and capital projects across Montana
- A legislative committee has voted not to abandon daylight saving time
- The National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming has ended its supplemental feeding of elk earlier than usual because of the recent warm weather melting the snow cover
- A bill seeking to ban abortions after the 20th weekof pregnancy has won endorsement from the Montana Senate
- The Montana House has endorsed a bill that would a state Board of Investments to loan Talen Energy $10 million a year to keep two units of the Colstrip power plant running for the next five years
- The House has voted against removing Montana State Parks from the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- Legislative leaders have ended a stalemateand will forward two names for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to consider for the next commissioner of political practices
- Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 3.8 percent in February, compared to the national rate of 4.7 percent
- Montana lawmakers have tabled a proposal seeking to dismantle and privatize the state's massive workers compensation system, saying the matter is too daunting to take up in the waning days of the legislative session