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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The new vice chair of the Montana Democratic Party has resigned three days after his election following his criticism of former Sen. Jon Tester, and the party's messaging. -
Montana Democrats elected new leaders over the weekend. Newer voices prevailed over stalwart members of the party. -
An Anaconda resident says prosecutors relied on illegally-obtained evidence to convict him of a felony. The country’s highest court will soon weigh in. -
Duane Ankney, a former Montana legislator and longtime advocate for Colstrip, has died at the age of 79. -
A district court has blocked the governor from intervening in an escalating dispute among state Public Service Commission (PSC) members over claims of sexual harassment. The PSC is the oversight board charged with regulating Montana’s utilities -
Michael Paul Brown appeared via Zoom from the Butte-Silver Bow County Jail for the hearing in Anaconda. He’s charged with four felony counts of deliberate homicide, one count of attempted arson, one count of theft and one count of fleeing a peace officer. -
Montana’s top elected leaders say they support President Donald Trump’s recent deployment of the National Guard to Washington D.C. Troops there are acting as law enforcement, and Trump says he's considering sending the Guard into more cities. -
Ballots are out for some local elections in Montana. Voters will decide on a variety of candidates and issues this fall. -
Gov. Greg Gianforte toured a correctional facility in Boulder Tuesday that serves as overflow space for the Women's Prison. State Corrections director Brian Gootkin says the Riverside facility is helping to ease backlogs, but a new women's prison is still needed. -
Two Butte residents are suing a local mining company over contaminated water that led to a ‘do not consume’ order for some residents on August 13; Montana’s Speaker of the House says he’s delaying enactment of a bill that defines biological sex as binary.
