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. 

Host Nadya Faulx and reporters Eric Dietrich, Ellis Juhlin, and Arren Kimbel-Sannit discuss the debate over how the state should spend tax dollars. 

The spending plan calls for a deal to send state inmates to an out-of-state private prison. 

And a package of legislation could change how and where people can hunt elk. 

 More legislative coverage: 

Budget bill clears House debate with GOP support, Democratic critique 

What to know about the budget bill moving through the Legislature