Montana Department of Revenue staff told a legislative committee Monday next year’s reappraisal cycle could produce a partial repeat of last year’s tax spike as the state’s real estate market continues to translate into higher residential taxes. The department expects the market value of the average Montana residential property to be reapprai...
A 2020 statewide survey found over half of Montana’s schools had unsafe lead levels in drinking water. As the project enters its fifth year progress varies with 20% of schools yet to submit test results. Lead sources vary from solder joints to faucets. Simple filters may suffice but extensive work is sometimes needed. Increased funding was int...
Compared to our neighbors Montanans on average don’t spend as much on groceries according to Visual Capitalist using U.S. Census date. Montana ranks as one of the lest expensive states for the average cost of groceries coming in at number 46. Montanans spend an average of $246 weekly on groceries. The Wyoming the Dakotas and Idaho all pa...
Thanks to the Clearwater Wind Energy Center in Eastern Montana Portland General Electric has reached a new milestone in renewable energy production achieving a record-breaking 1 gigawatt of wind power enough to power 830,000 homes or about half of Oregon’s households. With consistent winds across Montana’s plains the facility regularly d...
The Montana Department of Corrections has begun the process to find additional out-of-state prison beds because of its shortage in facilities. The Crossroads Correctional Center near Shelby has 759 inmates for 753 beds and the Montana Women’ Prison in Billings with a capacity of 240 is housing 248 inmates. New data from the U.S. Departm...
The cost to fill up at the pumps has fallen again in the Treasure State. GasBuddy dot com reports average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 4.4 cents per gallon in the last week and sat at an average of $3.04 per gallon as of Monday. Prices are 14 cents per gallon lower than at this time a month ago and 39.3 cents per gallon lower than a ...
Today is Veterans Day. Governor Greg Gianforte has proclaimed November as Veterans and Military Families Month. The State of Montana is home to one of the highest per capita populations of veterans in the United States with nearly 90,000 veterans thousands of service members and their families. Vet Centers under the U.S. Department of Veterans...
In 2025 Montanans can expect significant changes to Social Security. One of the most anticipated changes is the Cost-of-Living Adjustment when COLA benefits will see a 2.5% increase designed to help beneficiaries keep up with inflation and maintain their purchasing power. Another significant change is the increase in the taxable earnings limit...
Within the past few days firefighters have responded to three small wildfires in western Montana. The fires on the Montana Department of Natural Resources’ Missoula and Clearwater Units are thought to have been caused by abandoned warming fires. Officials caution forests are still extremely dry and recent rain and high elevation snow isn’t eno...
Republican Governor Greg Gianforte has secured a second four-year term after a challenge from Democrat Ryan Busse failed in Tuesday’s General Election. The Associated Press called the race almost as soon as polls closed at 8 in the evening even though very low percentages of votes had been counted. As of about 1 this morning with nearly ...
