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Hard-right Republicans blame legislative defeats on moderate compromisers. Here’s how the Montana ‘Solutions Caucus’ voted on key issues.
May 3, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/05/03/when-solutions-caucus-republicans-in-the-2019-legislature-did-and-didnt-vote-with-democrats/The so-called Solutions Caucus carried Medicaid expansion renewal, infrastructure funding, and political central committee reform. The also saw some last-day defeats.
April 27, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/04/27/as-the-2019-session-ends-a-powerful-faction-of-gop-lawmakers-tallies-its-wins-and-losses/Longtime conservative lawmaker weighs in on the “solutions caucus,” the budget process, and the influential state representative from Conrad.
April 9, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/04/09/mt-lowdown-episode-14-sen-bob-keenan-on-the-unicameral-legislature/Legistats touts itself as an “objective” measure of party loyalty. But the GOP’s self-described “Solutions Caucus” says it brings out the worst of the political system.
April 1, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/04/01/this-website-ranks-republican-lawmakers-on-party-loyalty-is-that-good-for-montana/A loose-knit, ever-evolving group of Republican legislators is making waves and causing headaches in the 66th Montana Legislature. So who are the lawmakers in the “Solutions Caucus,” and what’s their agenda?
January 14, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/01/14/moderates-emerge-as-major-players-in-montana-legislature/From the 66th Montana Legislature to the 2020 elections, it’s been a news-filled year.
December 31, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/12/31/a-look-back-at-the-top-mtfp-stories-of-2019/This week, Montana Free Press is closing out 2019 by looking back at some highlights from the first year of the Montana Lowdown podcast. This 2019 review episode features host and MTFP editor-in-chief John S. Adams in a conversation with the show’s producer, Alex McKenzie.
December 24, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/12/24/episode-50-podcast-highlights-from-2019/U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte tops early fundraising totals as he seeks the GOP nomination for governor, but most donations from state GOP lawmakers have gone to his opponents
July 9, 2019 https://montanafreepress.org/2019/07/09/in-early-governors-race-fundraising-most-gop-lawmakers-flock-to-fox-olszewski/