Rep. Bill Mercer, R-Billings, speaks during a floor session of the House on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (Keila Szpaller/Daily Montanan) The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Montana state Rep.

William ‘Bill’ Mercer, formerly of Leominster, Massachusetts, died peacefully on August 23rd, at the age of 87. Bill was born on May 1, 1938, in Amesbury, Massachusetts, to Charles and Eleanor (Briggs ...

Former Montana U.S. attorney Bill Mercer was confirmed to a U.S. District Court judgeship in a partisan vote by the U.S. Senate on Wednesday night. The Billings attorney, currently in his fourth term ...

MONTANA - Representative Bill Mercer, from Billings, describes how HB 683 would use left-over marijuana tax money for pension programs. The bulk of it would be spent by the Department of Revenue for ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening he was nominating Montana state Rep. William ...

William Mercer, a former U.S. attorney and longtime Montana state legislator, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s nominee for a seat on the U.S.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Republican state representative and former federal ...

State Rep. Bill Mercer, a Republican attorney from Billings, fielded questions from senators on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this week to kick off his confirmation process to the federal bench ...