Budget

Montana Governor Steve Bullock released his proposed budget for the state for the 2021 biennium.

A few years ago, the legislature passed a bill that forces the larger Montana counties with larger tax bases to subsidize smaller counties with smaller tax bases.

Bozeman officials are saying payments to Montana ranchers for livestock killed by certain wild predators exceeded budget.

The Montana Legislative Finance Committee met on Monday and Tuesday this week with an update on the state budget.

The cuts are part of Governor Steve Bullock’s efforts to scale back state spending and balance the budget.

Steve Conover, Ph.D, author of “Neutering The National Debt” joined Tom Egelhoff and Shane Montalban to talk about deficits and the national debt.

With a tight budget and a stream of cuts, many Montana officials are considering tax increases in a possible special legislative session, but according to Montana House Finance Chair Nancy Ballance tax increases will be a hard sell to the Republican dominated legislature.

The war between Montana’s Democratic Governor and the Republican majority legislature over the state budget wasn’t settled during the 2017 legislative session.

It looks like some faculty farewells will occur by next spring.

The Montana House passed its budget early on St. Patrick's Day and Republican Party leaders believe it can now pass through the Senate relatively unchanged.