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The Session 2025 legislative recap
Do you have questions about the results of the 69th legislative session and how they may affect you? Learn about the key bills, big debates, party politics and what’s next for Montana’s laws from the journalists who were there. Ask your questions and join us May 7 for a live recording of "The Session." Register here.
Montana Politics
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    Montana News
    Montana immigrant arrests mirror national trends
    Elinor Smith
    Three foreign men have been arrested in northern Montana for either illegal entry or reentry into the country. Border Patrol agents claimed those men held gang affiliations, but defense attorneys say there’s no proof of that and criminal cases against two of them men were dismissed.
The Session
  • "The Session" podcast logo shows lawmakers from above at their desks at the state House, overlaid with a green tint, the podcast name and authors MT Free Press, Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio.
    Montana News
    The end approaches
    Shaylee Ragar
    The 69th Legislature is starting week 17, it's likely the last week of the session. Political tension are roiling as lawmakers narrow in on the final pieces of the state budget and property tax relief.
Capitol Talk is MTPR's weekly legislative news and analysis program. MTPR's Sally Mauk is joined by Lee Newspapers State Bureau Chief Holly Michels and UM Political Science Professor and Mansfield Center Fellow Rob Saldin.
Capitol Talk
News and analysis from the Montana Legislature.
"The Session" podcast logo shows lawmakers from above at their desks at the state House, overlaid with a green tint, the podcast name and authors MT Free Press, Montana Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio.
The Session
A breakdown of the latest action we’re watching in the statehouse.

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