2023 Montana Legislature and Politics

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Arlyne Reichert reflects on Montana’s 1972 Constitutional Convention

What would happen is, you would go to Helena, and go to the committee meeting. They would be very nice. You would sit in and listen. When it came time to vote, the Legislative Chair would say, ‘sorry, everyone out of the room. Executive session.’ That meant we need secrecy, we need privacy, and they vote, and we never knew how they were voting.

In Bozeman, Tester Fields Questions From More than 100 Montanans at Public Town Hall

“Hosting town halls and hearing directly from Montanans is a basic part of my job that all elected officials should do,” Tester said. “There is nothing better than hearing directly from folks in their community. At a time when too many politicians hide behind phony photo ops, I’m thrilled to be on the ground, hosting another public town hall to ensure Montanans’ voices are heard.’’

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte proposes higher exemption for business equipment tax

Gianforte spokesperson Brooke Stroyke said the governor’s office has not proposed a new exemption level and is still crunching numbers. The governor plans to roll out additional policy priorities over the coming year, she said.

Single-family zoning helping fuel Montana housing shortage, according to new report

In Montana’s most in-demand communities more than 70 percent of residential areas either prohibit or penalize the building of multifamily housing, a zoning regulation fueling some of Montana’s housing shortage, according to a preliminary report released Monday by the Governor’s Housing Task Force.

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Montana housing task force offers ideas in draft report

“Everyone on both sides of the aisle would agree that the housing crisis is likely the largest issue of the next session (of the state Legislature),” explained state lawmaker Ellie Boldman, a Democrat who represents Senate District 45 in Missoula and who is a member of the task force. “We are clearly, as a state, going to have to work together to solve this problem.”

Western U.S. House candidates square off in Butte

Democrat Monica Tranel, an attorney and past Olympian; Republican Ryan Zinke, former Secretary of the Interior and Montana’s previous congressman; and Libertarian John Lamb, a Norris resident who farms and works in construction; spent an hour answering questions and offering responses.

A simple word change, or a larger scheme to undercut public education in Montana?

While it may seem like the politicians are taking a microscopically small knife to split these slight hairs, there’s a much larger concept at play in public education.

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