Congressman Greg Gianforte kicked off the show and talked about Montana Ports of Entry and current legislation he is working on.

Everything from taxing NorthWestern Energy for Zebra Mussels to Term Limits and how Interim Committees are assigned to the legislature. Plus, we  hear the retrospective of Senator Dee Brown who has been serving in the Legislature since 2001. She first served in the House of Representatives, then the past 6 years in the Senate. She has a lot of insight on the ins and outs of the Montana Legislative process.

 The Montana Office of Public Defender estimates that there are at least 15 active sex trafficking operations in Montana right now.  In one year, Billings FBI documented close to 20,000 online ads for sex with girls or women, most of the ads involved local massage parlors. The agent also found thousands of similar ads across the state. Council woman Penny Ronning and Stephanie Baucus who created the Yellowstone Human Trafficking Taskforce have been working with Senator MacDonald and Representative Zolnikov on two important pieces of Legislation HB749 and SB147. SB147 aids in stopping Human Trafficking by creating harsher penalties for traffickers while protecting victims. HB749 Requires massage businesses to display on the premises the license of each massage therapist working at the business and appropriates money to fund a two-officer enforcement team in the MT Department of Justice.

Governor Bullock has announced that he will establish a Grizzly Bear Advisory Council to help initiate a statewide discussion on grizzly bear management, conservation and recovery. The Council will be selected through an application process that ends April 12th: Governors Press Release. Taylor Brown hosted a discussion on this issue, and why this new Advisory Council will be important to Montana.  We will also discussed impacts, realistic solutions, and valuable advice.

Sanjay Talwani – Public Information Officer-Montana Department of Revenue was the guest for the first half. He told us what last minute tax filers need to know.

Drew Leskofski with Yellowstone Strategies during the second half of the show, talks about several current events and why Montanan’s need to Contact our Federal Delegation regarding the Disaster Relief Bill.

Host Jon Arneson welcomes in Judge Russell Fagg as his co-host for today’s program. Jon & Russ speak to Alan Olson, Executive Director of the Montana Petroleum Association about the presidential permit of the Keystone XL Pipeline and what it means for Montana.

Today, Host Jon Arnison welcomes to the program Representative Dennis Lenze, Lori Shaw from Northwestern Energy & has a special announcement from Dr. Al Olszewski. Listen below!

Lots of interesting comments coming from Voices of Montana Tuesday from some of the Montana Republican House Leadership.

Voices of Montana, spoke to the President of AARP Al Ward & Attorney General Tim Fox about scams across Montana, and prevention resources available.. Also, Congressman Greg Gianforte discusses his top goals, the trade deal with China and what it means for Montana.