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The 2023 Legislature passed a bill criminalizing the use of three common ‘date rape’ drugs in response to college students’ concerns. Now that the school year is starting back up, legal officials in the state say the law hasn’t changed the legal landscape surrounding these crimes.
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Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed into law a budget outlining $14 billion in spending over the next two years, and a bill that will increase access to child care.
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A bipartisan policy aiming to make child care more accessible for middle-to-low income Montana families has passed the state Legislature. It’s the most significant spending on child care advancing this session.
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A proposal to expand low-income families’ eligibility for child care scholarships has advanced in the Montana House of Representatives.
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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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Republican lawmakers in Montana wield a supermajority that gives them the power to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would break the link between abortion rights and the right to privacy in the state’s Constitution.
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A bill that would require private insurance companies to cover a 12-month supply of prescription birth control has advanced in the Montana Legislature.
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Child care isn’t easy to find or pay for in Montana. While research shows the lack of affordable child care options has major impacts on the state’s…
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Republican lawmakers in Montana's House of Representatives have advanced two bills that would regulate how transgender youth participate in sports and…