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Our digital guide to help you track the Montana Capitol is back
The 2025 Capitol Tracker will be largely familiar to readers who used the 2023 edition. However, we’ve had to rework much of the logic that moves information around behind the scenes to accommodate the new legislative website’s various birthing pains.
The Session: Week 4 | An everything bagel of chaos
The 69th Legislature is starting week 5. Lawmakers have begun an ethics investigation into a sitting senator. Legislation concerning transgender health care and bathroom use is moving through the process. This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana statehouse.
Montana lawmakers advance bill requiring more signatures for independent, minor-party candidates to reach ballot
A House committee on Friday gave early approval to House Bill 207, which would double the number of signatures independent and minor-party candidates need to qualify for office. The bill would also shorten by 50 days the amount of time candidates had to gather signatures.
What we found in the Legislature’s ‘junque’ drawer
As reporters covering the statehouse, we have a variety of tools we can use as we work to help you, our readers, understand what’s happening at the Capitol. Junque files, particularly when bills are being formed behind the scenes, are a vital part of that toolbox.
Montana tribal leaders call for reinstatement of health department position
The Montana state health department eliminated its tribal relations manager position when the last person who held the job retired in 2023. Tribal leaders and health officials from across the state say it’s a necessary job that needs to be reinstated.
Gianforte, joined by Grover Norquist, touts hefty income tax cut proposal
Gov. Greg Gianforte has touted his proposal to reduce Montana’s primary income tax bracket by a full percentage point, down from 5.9% to 4.9%. That proposal has drawn sharp criticism from Democrats and skeptical treatment from some of his fellow Republicans, who say they prefer approaches that would focus tax relief on middle-income taxpayers.
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