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Montana politics, elections and legislative news

Capitol Connections: Human Trafficking and Sexual Assault

Jackie Yamanaka
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State Attorney General Tim Fox has made investigating, enforcing and prosecuting crimes related to human trafficking a priority. In this week’s Capitol Connections, Fox talks about why this issue is important to him and the Montana Department of Justice.

In part two of the program, Senator Diane Sands, D-Missoula, provides an update on the work to update Montana’s sexual assault laws. In the 2015 session, Sands sponsored the bill to study sexual assault. She’s also a member of that Law and Justice Interim Committee that worked on a package of bills working their way through the 2017 session.

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Our theme music is by the Alex Nauman Trio. The music in between the segments is the theme music from NBC’s dramatic television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.   

Capitol Connections is a production of YPR news.

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Jackie Yamanaka
Jackie Yamanaka has been news director at YPR since 1986. From her home base in Billings, Jackie covers a wide range of issues across Montana and Wyoming. During the Montana Legislative session, she re-locates to the state Capitol in Helena where she has another office.
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