Commissioner of Political Practices

The Montana Legislative Campaign Committee is facing fines from the Office of Political Practices after failing to respond to a complaint filed by the Montana Democratic Party for not providing specific information in their campaign finance paperwork.

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl’s term ended Jan. 1, but the court has ordered Motl to stay in place until a replacement is appointed.  In December former Helena State Sen. Christine Kaufmann, Secretary of State Linda McCulloch, former State Rep...

Yesterday, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that the term of Political Practices Commissioner Jonathan Motl ended on January 1, 2017.

In an order expedited by the Montana Legislature and the Montana Attorney General's office, the Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the term of Jonathan Motl, the state Commissioner of Political Practices, ended as of January 1, 2017.

Montana’s Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl said Thursday that the founder of Safe Montana directed a contractor not to release information about a series of it’s anti-medical marijuana billboards which totaled $20,560, earlier than the October financial report...

A 50 year-old Nevada man is being held in the Missoula County Jail on a $1.5 million fugitive warrant out of Elko, Nevada on nine counts of sexual abuse of children.

Attorney General Tim Fox’s office filed a motion for an immediate partial stay in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after a ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Lovell struck down Montana’s campaign contribution limits.  The brief was filed late yesterday afternoon, and the attorney general’s office– which represents Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl– argued that unless the Ninth