The Session
The campaign rhetoric, struggles for political power and results of the election converge in the meeting of the Montana Legislature. Join us here Monday mornings for a breakdown of the latest action we’re watching in the statehouse. From Montana Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and Montana Free Press.
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The Session podcast team took some time at the inaugural Montana Free Press Fest, held in Missoula Sept. 6-8, to sit down and discuss what we can see about next year’s legislative session from here in front of a live audience.
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The 2023 legislative session has wrapped up. Over 90 days, lawmakers drafted and debated hundreds of bills and amendments on issues like health care, education, the environment, LGBTQ+ rights and, somehow, TikTok. What does it all mean for you?
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We're on day 86 of the 90-day session. This week, we're tracking the ongoing punishment of Representative Zooey Zephyr, how that Republican agenda has derailed other statehouse business, and everything you need to know about sine die.
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As the 2023 legislative session sprints to the finish line, tensions are running high over bills targeting transgender Montanans and environmental regulation. Host Corin Cates-Carney and reporters Arren Kimbel-Sannit, Ellis Juhlin, and Mara Silvers discuss what to expect in the final days of the legislature as lawmakers scramble to reach sine die.
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Lawmakers agree to advance zoning policy, but the future on housing subsidies is unclear. There are dueling visions of what school choice policy should look like. And legislative staff are working thousands of hours of overtime to keep up with all the bills.
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We are approaching the 71st day of the 90 day legislative session. Last week was another major deadline for lawmakers to pass bills out of one house and send them to the other. We saw hundreds of bills move through both chambers and saw a push from lawmakers to introduce new legislation in time to meet that deadline.
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It’s legislative day 66. We’re in the home stretch of the 2023 legislative session. It’s time to debate changes to Montana’s Constitution. Lawmakers look at ways to address the state’s affordable housing crisis and make rules about what local governments should and shouldn’t be able to do to address climate change.
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This week, we talk about what the Republican supermajority's spending plan means. Plus, a slate of bills could impact elk hunting in the state.
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We’re on day 55 of the 90-day session. This week we’re talking about health care funding, childcare initiatives and vaccine bills.This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana statehouse.
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The 2023 Montana Legislative Session is at the halfway mark, and while some lawmakers used the transmittal break to return home, the hosts and reporters of The Session podcast came together live to discuss everything that’s transpired under the dome thus far and answer questions from listeners.Watch here as reporters and editors from Montana Free Press, Montana Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio discuss the major developments from the Montana legislature’s first 45 days and look ahead toward the second half of the session.