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Capitol Talk: 2021 Legislature Recap The 2021 Legislature produced a balanced budget with a slight spending increase, some new restrictions on abortion, a fight with the state Supreme Court and a lot of fulfilled conservative goals. Holly, Rob and Sally give their final takeaways from the session and preview the upcoming race for Montana's new second congressional seat. Listen now on this year's final episode of Capitol Talk with Sally Mauk, Rob Saldin and Holly Michels. Sally Mauk The 2021 Legislature is history and they've passed a budget with only a slight increase in spending, some tax c...

Legislature Acts On First Amendment Bill, Marijuana Legalization And Colstrip Guarantees Gov. Gianforte is one of Montana's new cases of COVID. The marijuana bills are now in the Senate's lap. The House votes to abide by the First Amendment. The Republican PSC opposes a Republican Colstrip bill. And the Republican renaissance in Montana owes a lot to the legacy of former Governor Stan Stephens. Listen now on Capitol Talk with Sally Mauk, Rob Saldin and Holly Michels. Sally Mauk Rob, new cases of coronavirus and are creeping up and Governor Gianforte and his wife Susan are among those new case...

As I look back on 2020 and forward to 2021, there is one word that continues to pop into my mind: resiliency. Just like all of you reading this, 2020 threw the MTPR staff curveball after curveball. The MTPR team persevered, bounced back and became even more resilient than they were before to provide you uninterrupted coverage when you needed it the most. If only you could see the behind the scenes shuffle and hustle to make this all work! Ray Ekness is the director of the Broadcast Media Center. The MTPR News team, including our online team, have been in overdrive this year. They covered the ...

Listen • 13:50 Right-to-work legislation fails. "Culture war" bills are still alive. And the big budget fights loom as the Legislature marks its midpoint. Listen now on  Capitol Talk with Sally Mauk, Holly Michels and Rob Saldin. Sally Mauk Holly, one of the bills that did not make the deadline be transmitted to the other chamber was a so-called right to work bill, strongly and effectively opposed by Democrats and unions and a lot of Republicans who voted no. Holly Michels Yeah, this was a pretty interesting debate we heard in the House on Tuesday. It was carried by a ...

Right-to-work legislation fails. "Culture war" bills are still alive. And the big budget fights loom as the Legislature marks its midpoint. Listen now on