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Montana lawmaker: 2025 session yielded defensive wins, split GOP and property-tax relief for Missoula homeowners
Summary
Representative Zoe Zephyr said Democrats in the 2025 Montana Legislature exposed fractures within the Republican majority, helping to defeat several bills including a proposed business partnership and many anti‑trans measures, and win property‑tax relief for Missoula homeowners.
Representative Zoe Zephyr of Missoula said the 2025 Montana legislative session produced “sustainable” victories for Democrats by exposing fractures within the Republican majority and using those divisions to kill bills she and other Democrats opposed. "One of the best things to happen in this last session is we found the fracture lines within the Republican Party," Zephyr said.
The fractures, Zephyr said, helped Democrats block several measures she described as being pushed by what she called "MAGA Trumpers," including proposed bills to expand local police roles into immigration enforcement and a business partnership that…
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