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Keep up with the latest Montana politics, elections and Legislature news. Get updates on your radio during Morning and Evening Edition, on the web or via podcast any time.

Capitol Talk: MTPR's weekly legislative analysis program featuring Sally Mauk, Holly Michaels and Rob Saldin begins the first week of the legislative session.

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State Revenue Forecast Comes In Below Previous Predictions

By • Apr 17, 2019
Reynermedia.com (CC-BY-2.0)

A new state economic forecast published Wednesday says Montana isn’t projected to bring in as much money as lawmakers initially expected at the beginning of the legislative session.

The three-year forecast is the latest monthly update lawmakers received as they work to create and pass a state budget bill for the next two years. That work is nearing its end, with less than 10 days left in the 2019 legislative session.

Live Video: Mueller Report Release Press Conference

By NPR News • Apr 17, 2019
U.S. Attorney General William Barr.
U.S. DOJ (PD)

Attorney General William Barr plans to deliver a press conference from the Justice Department Thursday morning ahead of the expected release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. A redacted version of the report is expected to be released on Thursday.

Watch live here starting at 7:30 a.m. MDT Thursday.

Montana Senate Passes Medicaid Expansion Reauthorization

By • Apr 16, 2019
Senate Majority Leader Fred Thomas (R) - Stevensville
Mike Albans / Montana Public Radio

The bill to continue Medicaid expansion in Montana passed out of the state Senate Tuesday after teetering on the edge of a deadline for end of session negotiations.

The reauthorization of the health coverage program for low-income adults, packaged with new work and public service requirements for certain enrollees, passed 28-22 in its final Senate vote.

'Hanna's Act' Missing Persons Bill Clears The State Senate

By Tim Pierce - UM Legislative News Service • Apr 16, 2019
Sen. Diane Sands (D) - Missoula
Mike Albans / Montana Public Radio

HELENA—After a turbulent journey through the Montana Legislature, the bill named after Hannah Harris, who was found murdered on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in 2013, passed the Senate 37-13 Tuesday.

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