The Session | 2023 | Week 12: GOP controls the budget and lawmakers collaborate on elk management

1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 The Session | 2023 | Week 12: GOP controls the budget and lawmakers collaborate on elk management A 14 billion dollar budget passed out of the Montana House with support from the Republican supermajority. Democrats don’t have the power to change it, but they still tried.&nbsp; Host Nadya Faulx and reporters Eric Dietrich, Ellis Juhlin, and Arren Kimbel-Sannit discuss the debate over how the state should spend tax dollars.&nbsp; The spending plan calls for a deal to send state inmates to an out-of-state private prison.&nbsp; And a package of legislation could change how and where people can hunt elk.&nbsp; &nbsp;More legislative coverage:&nbsp; Budget bill clears House debate with GOP support, Democratic critique&nbsp; What to know about the budget bill moving through the Legislature &nbsp; &nbsp; The Session https://montanafreepress.org/home/2021-mt-legislature/the-session-podcast/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/26346015/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/26346015