Gov. Greg Gianforte urged lawmakers to advance his proposals for income and property tax cuts in a news conference at the Montana State Capitol.
Average entry-level pay for teachers in Montana is just $38,800. Pay is particularly low in districts with only a few hundred students, where it's already harder to hire teachers.
Republican and Democratic legislative leaders say they prefer alternatives to the governor’s proposed cut to the state’s top-bracket income tax rate.
Unsure how to help the troubled psychiatric facility, legislators look to shore up other parts of the state’s mental health system.
HELENA, Mont. — On Thursday, Governor Greg Gianforte held his first press conference since the legislative session began, bringing a guest as he continues pushing his tax relief proposals.
Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Montana unemployment reached its 42nd consecutive month with unemployment at or below 3.4%.Montana's unemployment rate fell to 3.1
Governor Greg Gianforte highlighted the need for income and property tax relief during a visit to a small business in Bozeman.
Governor Greg Gianforte recognized ten young hunters from across the Treasure State as winners of the state's youth hunting story contest.
A property tax relief measure touted by Gov. Greg Gianforte as his signature response to widespread public angst over rising residential tax bills would lower taxes on primary residences by raising them on second homes and Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has entered the Treasure State in an ongoing flag war between supporters of President-elect Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden, who for ordered the United States flag at half-staff on Monday, Inauguration Day.
Common sense would dictate that the tile layer who has to shut his business down to come to the Legislature has a very strong disincentive for serving," one lawmaker said.
Montana lawmakers are at odds with President Donald Trump's move to temporarily spare the popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, which the state banned in 2023. Though an early opponent of the video-based platform,