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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 32: Montana Federation of Public Employees President Eric Feaver
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Despite growing anti-union animus, Feaver says the 2019 session was his most successful in years.
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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 31: Secretary of state candidate Scott Sales
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Montana Senate President Scott Sales, R-Bozeman, talks about his 16 years in the Legislature and his candidacy for secretary of state.
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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 30: OPI candidate Melissa Romano talks school choice, early education
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Democratic candidate for superintendent of public instruction Melissa Romano discusses school choice, modern teaching tools, civics and media literacy, teacher retention and mental health, and more.
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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 29: Reporter Amanda Eggert talks about her MTFP series ‘Living with Fire’
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Freelance journalist and former wildland firefighter Amanda Eggert joins us to discuss her recent three-part series for Montana Free Press, Living With Fire.
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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 28: OPI chief Elsie Arntzen talks school funding, student success
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Superintendent of Public Instruction discusses concerns over lead in public school drinking water, Title 1 funding, school choice, and Trump’s rollback of key provisions of Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act.
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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 27: Montana Democrats test 2020 messages at statewide convention
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Journalist Alex Sakariassen and MTPR’s Corin Cates-Carney discuss the Montana Democratic Party’s effort to kickstart its 2020 campaign messaging.
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MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 26: Author and journalist Mike Dennison’s view from the trenches
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Mike Dennison covered political campaigns, the Legislature, health care, energy, the environment, and other issues for more than three decades. On this week’s podcast he discusses his new book, “Inside Montana Politics.”
2020 Election
MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 25: Democrat Bryce Bennett’s run for secretary of state
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The five-term legislator says he sees an opportunity for the state election administrator to be ‘the chief advocate for voting in Montana.’
2020 Election
MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 24: Democrat Raph Graybill’s vision for attorney general
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Raph Graybill, currently Gov. Steve Bullock’s chief legal counsel, is one of multiple Democrats seeking to be Montana’s next top attorney.
2020 Election
MT Lowdown Podcast – Episode 23: Montana GOP sets the stage for 2020
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Veteran Montana political reporter Charles Johnson and longtime Billings reporter and columnist Ed Kemmick break down all the action at the 2019 Montana GOP State Officers’ Convention.
