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Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch is asking for the Montana Legislature to change the way the state fills vacancies when a U.S. Senator representing Montana leaves office before a term ends. Right now, such a vacancy would be filled by a gubernatorial appointment.

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm former Montana Senator Max Baucus to be the next U.S. Ambassador to China, today, February 6. Below is the full text of Baucus' farewell address:

A new poll done by faculty and students at MSU-Billings has politicos across Montana pointing to winners and losers after the fallout of the federal shutdown debates.

After 16 days of shutdown, the U.S. Senate has voted to pass a bill that would reopen the federal government to full operation and avoid a fiscal cliff default for a few more months.

Montana Democrats finally have a candidate for the 2014 U.S. Senate race.

One of the last available major Democrat contenders for Max Baucus' U.S. Senate seat has decided not to run in 2014.

On Thursday June 6, British news source The Guardian released a court order revealing that certain types of American phone records were being gathered by the U.S. government from Verizon customers.

The Farm Bill could take a big step forward today.

Senate "likely" to finalize its version of the farm bill by Friday.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces that $1,474,935 worth of federal dollars would be pouring into Montana.