budget cuts

Students in the University of Montana College of Humanities and Sciences are protesting the most recent round of budget cuts that they fear will devastate or even end some of their programs.

Former Police Chief Troy McGee made the decision to cut the program when the department was ordered to make more than $470,000 in cuts, city officials said.

Q2 reports the University of Montana’s Humanities Department may be the next to face budget cuts, with the exception of Computer Science and Native American Studies. What is proposed to be cuts include the entire Global Humanities and Religion curricula...

Governor Steve Bullock on Wednesday said that $45 million cut from the Department of Public Health and Human Services would be restored now that accurate budget numbers have been released.

For over two hours on Wednesday, Missoula County Commissioners listened to their department heads detail the impact of state and federal budget cuts to the services they offer.

Another consequence of Montana’s severe budget cuts is that the state’s Department of Revenue has discontinued an online service that allowed Montanans to file individual income taxes for free. Q2 reports that the state is now directing taxpayers to a nonprofit coalition of tax software companies that partner with the IRS called the Free File Alliance, to enable many– but not all — taxpayers to e-

The Montana Board of Regents met in Helena on Thursday, but due to inclement weather and bad roads throughout the state, some regents were not able to attend.

Now that the special session of the Montana Legislature has adjourned, KGVO news has learned that the state university system was spared the deep cuts that other agencies endured.

The efforts by University of Montana administrators to bring the budget in line with enrollment continue with more meetings to set priorities moving forward in all programs and departments.

KTVQ.com reports that Montanans are concerned about what state budget cuts will mean for health services, and they spoke out during a legislative listening session Thursday night at the St. Vincent Mansfield Health Education Center in Billings...