budget

Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s Budget Director Dan Villa has been busy the past two days, trying to answer questions about the recent audit of the Department of Administration’s financial reporting.

Montana administration officials are trying to clean up a big mess after an audit uncovered over 125 errors totaling over $1 billion.

One of the last and perhaps most important issues at the Montana legislature will be to wrap up the state budget.

Montana Governor Steve Bullock and the republican led legislature are in the midst of a bitter budget battle.

Today, November 17, Montana Governor Steve Bullock released his proposed budget, which included 300 million dollars in grants and bonds for building infrastructure across the state, creates an early childhood education plan, and expands Medicaid coverage...

The Missoula County Commissioners are proposing a tax increase for county residents for the next fiscal year.

On Wednesday, April 23, Missoula Mayor John Engen revealed his proposed budget for the city. The plan involves a 3.92 percent tax increase and a new tax district to fund police, firefighters and the courts, but not everyone is pleased with the plan.

In a surprising turn of events, the U.S. House of Representatives broke its four-year streak of intransigence on budgetary matters Wednesday by passing the Ryan-Murray budget. The bill passed with detractors on both sides and may pass the Senate too if it can gather some republican support...

This week, March 24, news broke that the federal government would be keeping nearly $53 million in mineral payments that would normally have gone to Wyoming. It now appears that cuts could be coming to Montana as well.

The Montana state budget, currently known as House Bill two, was passed by the House in a surprising unanimous vote this month.