Shaylee Ragar

Shaylee is a UM Journalism School student. She reports and helps produce Montana Evening News on MTPR.

Montana's solution to rising property values: taxing wealthy, out-of-state homeowners

Shaylee Ragar

As property values rise, Montana is seeking to cut taxes for most properties but raise them for out-of-state homeowners.
With Democratic Senator Jon Tester's loss in Montana, Republicans take full control

Eric Whitney, Shaylee Ragar

Montana not only went enthusiastically for Trump for a third time, but took the last statewide seat held by a Democrat. Senator Jon Tester's defeat caps a years-long quest to erase purple from Montana's map.
To keep his seat, Montana Sen. Tester needs voters to split their tickets

Shaylee Ragar

Montana could help decide control of the U.S. Senate this cycle. With polls showing former Trump leading in the state, Tester will need voters who aren't sold on either party to hang on to his seat.
Montana’s Libertarian candidate for Senate says GOP is a sending message to drop out

Shaylee Ragar

Jon Tester's three US Senate race wins have all come with razor thin margins, meaning third party candidates can tip races. Now a Libertarian candidate says he thinks Donald Trump is pressuring him to drop out.