Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
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.

Subscribe

  • The 69th legislature is starting Week 11. Today, Democratic House Minority Leader Katie Sullivan joins the podcast to share her thoughts on the first half of the session, the policy advancing through the statehouse and what she expects in the second half.
  • The 69th Legislature is starting Week 11 today. Republican Senate President Matt Regier joins the podcast.
  • The 69th Legislature went on spring break on Friday. Lawmakers have passed the halfway point and an important procedural deadline. It was a mad dash for lawmakers to get work done ahead of time. This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana State House. Tom Lutey and Eric Dietrich of the Montana Free Press join Montana Public Radio's Shaylee Ragar for this week's update.
  • The 69th legislature is starting week eight of the session. Priority legislation for the Montana American Indian Caucus is revived and advancing through the statehouse. Lawmakers are at odds over how best to ease the burden of property taxes. This is The Session a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana statehouse.
  •  The 69th Legislature is starting week eight of the session. Factions in the state Senate are cleaving further apart and impacting the chamber's work. Debates over education policy are heating up. This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana State House.
  • The 69th Legislature has reached week seven. Debates over environmental issues from wolves to the right to a clean and healthful environment are heating up at the Statehouse. This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana Statehouse.
  • Host Shaylee Ragar sits down with Mara Silvers and Eric Dietrich of the Montana Free Press to get into the latest flareup of drama in the Senate, abortion policy after CI-128 and a new tool to track legislation from MTFP.
  • 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.
  • As legislators throw spaghetti at the wall to see what will make it through committee, host Shaylee Ragar and reporters Mara Silvers and Eric Dietrich discuss the specifics of debates over Medicaid expansion and property tax relief.
  • Host Shaylee Ragar discusses tech issues at the Capitol with reporters Austin Amestoy and Zeke Lloyd. They break down what that means for how the public and reporters alike can follow and engage with the action in Helena, along with the bigger picture of public comment during committee meetings and a new development on legislative junque files.