We are less than a month out from the start of the 69th Legislative Session. Lawmakers will spend 90 days tinkering with Montana's laws and crafting a two-year budget. This is The Session, a look at the policy and politics inside the Montana Statehouse.

Montana Republicans will again make their criticism of the judiciary a central debate during the upcoming legislative session.

More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that’s enabled states to widen eligibility, according to KFF, a health information nonprofit.

Montana lawmakers will convene their 69th legislative session in January. On Tuesday, some legislators met to set ground rules for how they’ll conduct the business of writing or amending the state’s laws.

Gov. Greg Gianforte is proposing a nearly $18 billion budget to keep Montana’s government up and running over the next two years. The state is projected to continue to bring in strong revenues. Gianforte aims to invest in a few big projects, while cutting taxes. MTPR’s Shaylee Ragar joined Corin Cates-Carney to talk through the big ticket items.

Montana lawmakers took the first step in creating the state’s budget Monday by considering projected revenue over the next few years.

Gov. Greg Gianforte gave a preview Wednesday of his proposed state budget for the next two years. It includes money for tax cuts, schools and Medicaid expansion.

Just a week after the election, 150 representatives and senators from around the state descended on Helena to begin legislator orientation and choose their leaders.

A Lewis and Clark District Court judge says he’ll likely decide in the coming days whether to block regulations on abortion providers passed by the last state Legislature.

While Republicans won big this election, Montana Democrats gained some ground in the state Legislature and knocked out the GOP’s supermajority. That was expected under new districts in use for the first time.