Shaylee Ragar
Capitol Bureau ReporterShaylee is Montana Public Radio's Capitol reporter. She previously worked for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and covered the 2019 legislative session for the University of Montana's Legislative News Service.
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The commission in charge of drawing Montana’s new political districts is asking the public for mapping suggestions. -
Montana’s Secretary of State has announced a recount will take place in the Republican primary for a seat on the state’s utility oversight board.
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A flash flood in Helena on Sunday carried debris downtown, swelled into some buildings and downed a few trees.
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Planned Parenthood of Montana has stopped offering medication abortion services to out-of-state residents, according to a statement released this week.
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The emergency rule, enacted in May, bars transgender residents from amending the gender markers on their birth certificates unless they have medically transitioned. About 100 people Thursday spoke in opposition.
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A proposed constitutional initiative that would have capped property taxes for residential owners has not garnered the signatures needed to appear on the November ballot, according to unofficial results from the Montana Secretary of State’s office.
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The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the state Legislature does not have the authority to legislate gun rules on college campuses. The justices struck down part of a new law that would have expanded concealed carry rights on campuses.
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The state Legislative Audit Division concluded that at least $50,000 of inmate welfare funds went to inappropriate uses
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Attorney General Austin Knudsen argues Montana’s abortion access is “inextricably linked” to the now overturned Roe v. Wade precedent. He first asked the Montana Supreme Court to overturn the state’s 1999 Armstrong precedent earlier this year.
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A decades-old precedent will continue to protect abortion access in Montana, for now. But Republican lawmakers are considering pathways to restrict access.
