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Is This Bill Dead or Alive
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Podcast: Play in new windowThe text of this radio broadcast is below: When you’re dealing with the legislature, the key thing to remember is that it’s all fluid. Meetings can suddenly be scheduled or canceled, bills that were on track suddenly fall off the rails and sometimes you get a second chance. A bill that […]
8 Bills on Deck
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Podcast: Play in new windowThe text of this radio broadcast is below: Last week someone asked me how the legislative session was going and I said, to be honest it’s strange. Compared to previous sessions it’s been quiet. There seem to be fewer bills and a lot less contention. I’ve been attributing that to the […]
All in All, A Very Good Day
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Podcast: Play in new windowThe text of this radio broadcast is below: When you work at the capitol the first thing you learn is to be extremely flexible and roll with the punches. Everything is fluid, meetings change on a moment’s notice, and things rarely go according to plan. As a result, you savor those […]
House Bill 239 A Call to Action
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Podcast: Play in new windowThis morning, I recorded a radio broadcast on House Bill 239 with an urgent call to contact Republican House Representatives today. Today at 1:00 PM the house will debate House Bill 239: a bill to require parental permission before public schools can teach sex education to kids as young as kindergarten. We […]
Missoulian Column: Parental Notification a Health Issue
Visit the Article Here Download a PDF Here In Montana, a teenager younger than age 18 can’t get a tattoo or a body piercing without a parent’s permission. Yet most people are stunned to learn that a girl of any age – even 12 or 13 – can be taken for an abortion without her […]