
Shaylee Ragar
Capitol Bureau ChiefShaylee began covering state government and politics for Montana Public Radio in August 2020.
Originally from Belgrade, Montana, she graduated from the University of Montana’s journalism program and previously worked as a reporter for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and UM’s Legislative News Service.
Please share tips, questions and concerns at 406-539-1677 or shaylee.ragar@mso.umt.edu.
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Republican lawmakers have passed a bill to regulate which public accommodations transgender, nonbinary and intersex Montanans can use.
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Gov. Greg Gianforte again wants Montana lawmakers to cut the top income tax rate. However, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has their own income tax proposal.
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The Montana Senate devolved into emotional arguments and angry tirades on Thursday. Several Republicans sided with Democrats in a vote to send an internal ethics investigation to the state Department of Justice.
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About 100 people gathered outside of the Montana Capitol on Wednesday to protest the Trump Administration. Similar demonstrations were organized at statehouses across the country.
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Montana lawmakers are once again considering bills that would restrict abortion access. Some of the legislation may directly conflict with the state’s new voter-approved constitutional right to abortion.
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Montana lawmakers advanced proposals to restrict health care and bathroom access for transgender residents.
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The 69th Legislature is starting week 5. Lawmakers have begun an ethics investigation into a sitting senator. Legislation concerning transgender health care and bathroom use is moving through the process. This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana statehouse.
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The state Senate’s ethics committee is scheduled to meet Monday to start its investigation into a deal Republican Sen. Jason Ellsworth brokered with a longtime business associate.
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The Montana Senate unanimously voted to convene its ethics committee to review a public contract brokered by a state senator from Hamilton.
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The state’s legislative auditor says a sitting legislator abused his power and wasted government resources when he gave a public contract to a longtime business associate.