Montana State Budget

A coalition of hunters focused on elk management in Montana announced a proposal to set aside a portion of the state’s billion-plus dollar budget surplus to fund habitat restoration and improvement projects across the state.

Over the course of the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years, the state of Montana accrued a $1.5 billion budget surplus.

With the next legislative session still six months away, Montana Democrats are eyeing a surplus in the state budget of more than a billion dollars. They’re proposing investments in affordable housing, child care, mental health and property tax relief.

Montana Department of Corrections Director Brian Gootkin told lawmakers this week that 59 correctional officer positions — almost 18% — are unfilled at the state prison in Deer Lodge.

In our final episode for the 2021 legislative session, we're looking at new laws, how lawmakers sought to asset more power among Montana's branches of government and what loose ends remain as we head into the interim.

After a heated debate and with the end of the session rapidly approaching, lawmakers successfully passed the 2-year state budget Thursday.

A slate of bills to cut taxes in Montana is moving to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte for consideration. Gianforte campaigned on the promise to cut taxes...

Montana lawmakers have advanced a proposal to allocate money for the creation of a politically-appointed panel that would decide which patients can...

This week we’re watching how the Republican majority is spending their mandate from voters as the session is winding down and last minute legislation.

This week we’re watching how lawmakers are piecing the budget puzzle together. Major questions remain over new taxes cuts, funding state agencies, what to do with federal stimulus and recreational marijuana.