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Helena’s Capital Transit faces $140K shortfall, could see higher fares or cut services

Whether it be higher fees, cutting services or creating a new transit district, Helena’s Capital Transit system needs reform as it faces a $140,000 budget shortfall, city staff said. The figure came up in a budget review during an administrative meeting on Wednesday in which city departments presented

Helena backpays firefighters $900K after arbitration finds city’s new wage system unfair

Helena will pay more than 30 union firefighters $900,000 in total backpay to settle a conflict between the union and city after an arbitrator determined the city’s new wage system provided inadequate compensation. The conflict stems back to March 2024, when it came time for the Helena Fire

School district to ask Helena voters to approve $2.4M in tech, operational levies

Helena voters in May will have to decide whether to increase their taxes again to send about $3.4 million to Helena Public Schools after the school board recently unanimously approved three mill levies for the upcoming schools election. The bulk of the money — $2.4 million — that would come

Robocalls, critics & pork: Montana’s budget fight still sizzling after contentious session

Robocalls are a hallmark abrasion of election season, so it seemed abnormal to Rep. Llew Jones, a longtime Republican legislator from Conrad, to hear them in an off-year. More unusual yet is that those automated voice messages target Jones for his role in engineering the state budget, a matter

'Once-in-a-generation' bill worth $900 million intensifies divisions at MT Legislature

A bill worth more than $900 million that has been in the works for four years is swiftly moving through the Montana Legislature in its final days. House Bill 924, sponsored by longtime legislator and the chief engineer of the state’s budget, Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, establishes a