Economy

There were more out-of-state visitors to Montana in 2015, but overall, they spent less money than the previous year, according to a new report from the University of Montana Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research.

Montana's unemployment rate continues on a slow decline, decreasing one-tenth of a percent to four percent for November.

A research study recently conducted at the University of Montana found that nonresident travel and tourist spending continues to increase in the Treasure State.

Montana’s unemployment rate has been falling since 2011, but it wasn’t until last month that it fell so low that economists consider it to be “abnormal.”

How many regulations control your life and how do you feel about that?

Code Montana, the free computer programming course offered to middle school and high school students throughout the state, received a bit of an upgrade today, April 28.

Is Montana's middle class shrinking?

A new study by the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research shows a boom in the state’s high tech sector.

Today Montana Senator Steve Daines condemned "the partisanship and political games," including President Barack Obama’s recent veto threat, that "have delayed the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline for more than six years."

The American Society of Civil Engineers released a graded report on Montana’s infrastructure recently, and the results are "mediocre."
" had an overall GPA of a 'C-minus,'" said Missoula-based engineer Melisssa Matassa-Stone, who was on th…