According to a study published by researchers at LendingTree Montana has the second highest percentage of at-risk properties with more than half of the structures in the state possibly vulnerable to wildfire. That additional risk is driving up the cost of homeowners insurance for many residents even those whose property isn’t normally thought ...
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed the Veteran’s Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act. The bipartisan legislation ensures the rate of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and military survivors keeps pace with the cost of living. The bill which will match the annual COLA adjustment to social security b...
Congress has passed legislation to expand CDL training for military veterans. The Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023 which the Senate approved last year passed in the House by voice vote Wednesday and now heads to the White House where the president is expected to sign it. Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntz...
SNAP which used to be called the Food Stamp Program is designed to help low-income people and families pay for groceries and starting next Tuesday October 1st new maximum benefit amounts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will kick in. Most abortion clinics in Montana will have to comply with new licensure requirements adopted b...
The Montana Department of Transportation is getting nearly $72 million in federal funding to help repair the state’s aging infrastructure. The Federal Highway Administration funds became available when other state transportation departments and federal programs were unable to spend money set aside for them prior to the end of the federal fisca...
Montana’s unemployment rate was 3.2% in August, lower than the national average of 4.2%, marking 38 consecutive months of the state’s unemployment rate at or below 3.4%. In August total employment rose by 532 jobs, and 1,046 more entered the labor force. Through the state’s property tax rebate program, people who paid property taxe...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/20 – The legislative auditor’s office has identified $26.2 million in spending from the Montana Department of Health that didn’t comply with federal requirements or wasn’t supported by adequate documentation. About $21.5 million of that is attributed to the Child Care and Development Fund, the division tha...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/19 Childcare shortages exist in every county in Montana and 59 percent of counties are designated as child care deserts with the highest unmet childcare demands in rural parts of the state with four counties having no licensed childcare providers at all. In 2023 more than 46,000 Montana children under six lived in hou...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/18 The Montana Supreme Court denied the state Democratic Party’s request for an intervention in its case against the Secretary of State and the Green Party Tuesday. Earlier this summer it sued Christi Jacobsen and the Montana Green Party arguing the Greens could not field a candidate in the state’s U.S. Se...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/17 Governor Greg Gianforte and the Montana DNRC announced Monday a record-setting oil and gas lease sale on four tracts of state trust land in Pondera, Richland, and Toole counties. The lease will bring in $2.85 million, which ranks as the highest average bid price per acre and on a single tract in the history of oil ...
