2024 Montana Legislature and Politics

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Montana Governor’s housing task force talks challenges, successes in first 2024 meeting

“We’re drilling down, boots on the ground,” Habeck said. “If I was to use common language, it would be what’s working in Montana and what’s not as far as attainable and affordable housing.”

Lawmakers announce bipartisan agreement to enhance child tax credit

The proposal would help lift nearly 500,000 children out of poverty as lawmakers are poised to enhance the child tax credit.

Missoula County Commissioner Josh Slotnick shut out of Governor Gianforte’s property tax task force, but City Council gets seat

Slotnick said counties across the state “now feel this problem acutely” and added that the “appetite for fixing the system has never been greater.”

Class action lawsuit claims Montana discriminates against out-of-state financial advisers

Law passed in 2019 has collected more than $25 million, lawsuit claims

Montana prepares to launch new education savings accounts

A controversial program approved by lawmakers last year will make state education funding directly available to parents of special needs students.

New Database of Federal Grants for Food Waste

Approximately 38% of food in our country goes unsold or uneaten, and most of this ends up as waste in landfills or incinerators.

Drive Less, Live More: How States Can Lead the Way in Climate-Smart Transportation

State departments of transportation (DOTs) are uniquely positioned to accelerate the shift to clean transportation. While many have made heartening progress in areas like vehicle electrification, most have neglected other necessary solutions — namely, equitably expanding access to mobility choices and reducing the miles we have to drive (referred to as vehicle miles traveled or VMT).

Following Report that Foreign Billionaire is Second Biggest Foreign Owner of U.S. Land, Tester Presses for Passage of His Bill to Block Adversaries from Buying Farmland

Senator presses Administration to review purchase, calls on Congressional leaders to pass his bipartisan legislation to crack down on ownership of U.S. farmland and agribusinesses by foreign adversaries after House Republicans blocked it;

Tester: “Make no mistake, our food security is national security”

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