state budget

The "bathroom" law remains stalled in the courts. Lawmakers appear poised to pass the state budget. Sen. Daines gets a presidential endorsement. And female senators call out sexism in the chamber.

A proposal to squirrel away nearly a billion dollars in state funds over the next few years is advancing along tight margins in the Legislature.

The state budget bill has cleared its first major hurdle in a process that now takes it to the full House for debate and amendments. The $18 billion budget advanced out of committee with a bipartisan vote of 19-4.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is proposing a nearly $18 billion budget to keep Montana’s government up and running over the next two years. The state is projected to continue to bring in strong revenues. Gianforte aims to invest in a few big projects, while cutting taxes. MTPR’s Shaylee Ragar joined Corin Cates-Carney to talk through the big ticket items.

Montana lawmakers took the first step in creating the state’s budget Monday by considering projected revenue over the next few years.

Gov. Greg Gianforte gave a preview Wednesday of his proposed state budget for the next two years. It includes money for tax cuts, schools and Medicaid expansion.

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.

The state’s roughly $14 billion budget has advanced out of the Senate with few amendments and will return to the House for consideration.

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.

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.