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Former Gov. Schweitzer (D-MT) will join us on Thursday's "Montana Talks statewide radio show with Aaron Flint" from 9-10 a.m.

It's almost halftime at the 90-day session of the Montana Legislature, and they only meet once every other year. Needless to say, that is a lot of work that needs to be done, and not a lot of time to do it. So where do things stand?

Tax Relief, tripling the treated acres of forests, and more. Here's some of the topics Montana's Governor tackled on Wednesday morning.

A Montana legislative committee is taking a close look at facial recognition technology, and probing state agencies on potential uses and abuses. Coming up November 17th at the state capitol in Helena, lawmakers will question several state agency officials during an Economic Affairs interim committee meeting.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau is asking lawmakers to support initiatives that build on efforts to increase graduation rates. Speaking to a joint session of the Montana House and Senate yesterday, Juneau says that the state's students are doing well on tests, dropout rates are falling and graduation rates are climbing as part of an initiative called Graduat

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana lawmaker says that convicts should be allowed to escape prison time if they instead agree to the "infliction of physical pain." Republican Rep. Jerry O'Neil is drafting a bill that would allow those convicted of misdemeanors or felonies to negotiate corporal punishment instead of another sentence...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana legislators are considering a new package of pro-gun proposals. One of the first bills heard by the Legislature would privatize the address information of concealed weapon permit holders out of fear that they'd become targets of crime...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is urging state lawmakers to focus on bipartisan solutions, and says the biggest challenge on the federal level is balancing the budget. Tester returned to the Legislature Monday where he got his political start...