The Session | 2025 | Week 12 | The Montana State Hospital, Doulas, and St. Paddy's at the Capitol
Release Date: 03/24/2025
The Session | 2025 | Week 13 | The Judiciary and Wildfires
The Session
Host Shaylee Ragar and Montana Free Press's Tom Lutey and Zeke Lloyd break down two topics burning away in the legislature: judiciary reform and wildfires.
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The Session | 2025 | Week 12 | The Montana State Hospital, Doulas, and St. Paddy's at the Capitol
The Session
Host Shaylee Ragar sits down with Montana Free Press's Mara Silvers and Nora Mabie to talk over legislation that could impact the Montana State Hospital, Indigenous children in Montana, and the future of doulas in the state.
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The Session | 2025 | Transmittal Interview 2 | Katie Sullivan
The Session
Host Shaylee Ragar talks the first half of the session and what comes next with Democratic House Minority Leader Katie Sullivan.
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The Session | 2025 | Transmittal Interview 1 | Matt Regier
The Session
Shaylee Ragar sits down with Republican Senate President Matt Regier to discuss the first half of the session, policy lawmakers are considering, and what comes next.
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The Session | 2025 | Week 10 | Wall of Lava
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As lawmakers approach a much-needed break, host Shaylee Ragar breaks down the pre-transmittal marathon of hearings—along with how state politics fits in with national discourse—with Tom Lutey and Eric Dietrich of Montana Free Press.
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The Session | 2025 | Week 9 | Blasted Bills and the Property Tax Debate Continues
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This week, host Shaylee Ragar goes over the American Indian Caucus's bills——including a couple that have been blasted back into action after being tabled in committee—with Montana Free Press and ICT's Kaiden Forman-Webster. She also breaks down the latest developments on property tax legislation with Eric Dietrich, also with Montana Free Press.
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The Session | 2025 | Week 8 | Hot Buttered Shenanigans
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Montana Free Press's Tom Lutey and Montana Public Radio's Austin Amestory detail newly developing and unexpected coalitions in the Senate—and the dramatic sessions they inspire—along with education policy that could impact the state's public and private schools alike.
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The Session | 2025 | Week 7 | Big Feelings About Wolves and the Environment
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Montana Public Radio and Montana Free Press Reporters Ellis Juhlin and Amanda Eggert break down the major environmental flashpoints emerging at this year's legislative session with host Shaylee Ragar. In particular, they dig into bills around wolves and the controversy around the Montana Environmental Policy Act, incited by the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Held v. Montana case.
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The Session | 2025 | Week 6 | Tracking Bills, Abortion, and More Drama in the Senate
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Host Shaylee Ragar sits down with Montana Free Press's Mara Silvers and Eric Dietrich to get into the latest flareup of drama in the Senate, abortion policy after CI-128, and a new tool to track legislation from MTFP.
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The Session | 2025 | Week 5 | An Everything Bagel of Chaos
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Over a month in to the 2025 legislative session, and lawmaking is well under way. Host Shaylee Ragar and reporters Tom Lutey and Mara Silvers of Montana Free Press break down an ethics investigation derailing business in the Senate and bills related to transgender Montanans that seem to be forging ahead despite that stalling.
info_outlineHost Shaylee Ragar sits down with Montana Free Press's Mara Silvers and Nora Mabie to talk over legislation that could impact the Montana State Hospital, Indigenous children in Montana, and the future of doulas in the state.