Matt Regier

Republican lawmakers say they delivered for Montanans. Democrats say they kept a lot of bad things off the books. The Regier family reigned over much of the action. And this session marked a political turning point — but in what direction?

A Lewis and Clark District Court judge has denied a Missoula lawmaker’s request to immediately lift a sanction against her that prohibits her from entering the Montana House of Representatives.

The 68th Montana Legislature adjourned Tuesday, immediately after passing a budget and killing some proposals that were still in play.

A Missoula lawmaker who was barred from the Montana House of Representatives floor for the remainder of the session is suing the state and the Speaker of the House to challenge that sanction. A crowd of roughly 750 people marched through Missoula Friday evening in support of state Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr after she was barred from the House floor earlier this week.

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.

Republicans ban a trans lawmaker from the House floor, putting Montana in the national news spotlight. Meanwhile, much work remains on the budget as the end of the session approaches.

The Montana House of Representatives canceled their floor session Tuesday after protesters were arrested in the chamber the day before.

Police in riot gear forcibly removed and arrested protesters chanting “Let her speak” in support of a transgender legislator who was blocked from speaking in the Montana House of Representatives Monday.

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.

Republicans try to silence transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr. Anti-trans bills are on their way to becoming law. Lawmakers table a bill to create a one-time "jungle primary" in next year's Senate race. The defeat of that bill may have political fallout for Senator Steve Daines.