Scenes from the Capitol in Helena during the 69th Montana Legislature in January, 2025. Hunter D'Antuono | Flathead Beacon
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The Montana State Capitol in Helena on Jan. 15, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The rotunda ceiling of the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A Sergeant at Arms deputy silhouetted in the doorway of a hearing room in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Rep. Braxton Mitchell attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A list of bills on a whiteboard in a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sen. Daniel Emrich attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in The Capitol in Helena, Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Rep. Courtenay Sprunger attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Rep. Tom Millett speaks to the House Judiciary Committee with his copy of the Montana and U.S. Constitutions on the podium at The Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Rep. Zooey Zephyr attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing at the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Montana State Capitol at dusk in Helena on Jan. 15, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Signage outside the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 15, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Motes of dust swirl through a sunbeam around a statue of Montana politician Jeannette Rankin , the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress, in The Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Stained glass windows in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The facade of the Montana State Capitol in Helena on Jan. 15, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Montana Senate President Matt Regier exits his office in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 17, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The rotunda of the Montana State Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A gleaming statue of distinguished Montana statesmen Mike Mansfield and his wife Maureen Mansfield in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Stairway and stained glass windows in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments outside the Capitol in Helena, Jan. 15, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
House Majority Whip Amy Reiger presides over the House Floor in the Capitol in on Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Legislators at work on the House Floor in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
A crucifix stands on the desk of Rep. Lukas Schubert on the House Floor in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Sen. Mike Cuffe enjoys a burger in the Senate Chambers in the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 16, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
The final sunbeams of day fade from the “Montana” statue atop the dome of the Capitol in Helena on Jan. 15, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Montana State Capitol at dusk in Helena on Jan. 15, 2025. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon