Montana Legislature

"Tax cuts could save Montanans millions, but leave cities scrambling." Ah yes...the state will figure out how to cut our property taxes...but the cities: "HOW WILL WE EVER FIGURE IT OUT???!!!"

I was certainly interested in hearing the Governor's take...would he call out the 9 Republican state senators voting with Democrats on rules and committee assignments...or would he call out legislative leaders?

I'm glad Speaker of the Montana House Brandon Ler (R-Savage) brought it up. We've been getting a lot of messages and calls from parents concerned that Montana hospitals are trying to circumvent parents rights when it comes to their child's medical information.

Promises made, promises kept. Senator Sheehy: "To my Democrat colleagues in this chamber, I hope you'll listen to the will of the people, which is to leave the crazy behind and put America first."

One of our listeners, Larry in Great Falls, shared a great update- a bill to stop taxing Social Security benefits in Montana is moving forward in the state House of Representatives.

Tom Burnett: "If this thing renews, it better have work requirements as promised that stand up to court challenge, because we know what courts do in this state."

For 4 hours we had microphones set up in front of the 3rd floor fan window of the Montana Capitol, and we got to hear from lawmaker after lawmaker after lawmaker. We also heard from some great leaders of your rural electric cooperatives.

What the governor said...with the Supreme Court justices sitting RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.

"Co-op Day at the Capitol" is coming up Monday, Jan. 20th. We'll be at the Montana Capitol with a LIVE show previewing the event this Friday, Jan. 17th.

Buried in the biased reporting from the Montana Legislature was another big story- Riley Gaines testifying to lawmakers in the Montana capitol. Here's her full remarks.