President Donald Trump announced Thursday on social media that he's nominating former U.S. Attorney Bill Mercer for a seat on the federal bench that will be vacated by Judge Susan Watters next year.

Rep. Bill Mercer, a Billings Republican, longtime former federal prosecutor and former U.S. Attorney for Montana, was ...

Longtime Montana politician U.S. Rep. John Patrick "Pat" Williams, 87, of Missoula, died Wednesday. The former Democratic ...

His liberal politics, inspired by the safety nets of the New Deal, were shaped in working-class mining country.

The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a transgender bathroom ban, the first to do so in the 2025 session.

The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a transgender bathroom ban, the first to do so in the 2025 session.

Williams, a Democrat, served 18 years in Congress and was Montana’s longest consecutive-serving U.S. House of Representatives ...

Montana Viewpoint has appeared in weekly and online newspapers across Montana for over 30 years. Jim Elliott served sixteen ...

It is a rare honor to lie in state at the Montana State Capitol. This week, Montana’s longest consecutive-serving U.S. House ...

The Montana House of Representatives voted down a bill Friday that sought to extend the state’s wolf hunting season into May or June, which would have allowed hunters to kill wolves in the ...

Former U.S. Rep. John "Pat" Williams, a prominent figure in Montana politics, passed away at the age of 87, his family announced on Wednesday.

He became Montana’s longest-serving congressman. Williams was first elected to the Montana House of Representatives from Silver Bow County in 1966.