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Three Republican state legislators sue the state of Montana over major property tax reform

Critics of the 2025 Legislature's hallmark property tax relief bill made good on their promise to challenge the measure on Wednesday, filing a lawsuit in Gallatin County that seeks to undermine core tenets of the package. Three Republican legislators sued the Montana Department of Revenue, claiming that the

Montana’s highly-anticipated property tax reforms are in effect. Are the new laws working?

Nearly two years after Gov. Greg Gianforte gathered a roundtable of experts in the state capitol to tamp down high property taxes, the resulting reforms appear to be working as intended, at least for the majority of Montanans. According to preliminary data from the Department of Revenue, 8 in 10

Hear from Bozeman's candidates for City Commission

The candidates running for the two empty City Commission seats are Trevor Nameniuk, Roger Blank, Emma Bode, Emily Talago, Eli Anselmi and Alison Sweeney. Read on to hear their responses to the Exponent’s 2025 candidate questionnaire. Candidates were given three weeks to respond to the questionnaire and were given

Montana renters could foot the bill for a property tax blunder, legislators warn

Certain tenants across Montana could soon face increased rents due to a newly discovered mistake in the property tax bills passed during the 2025 legislative session, multiple legislators told the Montana State News Bureau. The revelation of a significant error in the new laws comes as 2025 property tax bills

Gianforte just signed a $16.5B state budget. Here’s what made the cut, and what didn’t

With only a little more than a week to spare until the start of a new fiscal year, Gov. Greg Gianforte on Friday signed off on the state’s primary $16.5 billion two-year budget bill, advancing all but $31 million worth of the spending priorities tucked into it

As Montana property tax relief bills near finish line, possible legal challenges loom

The two remaining property tax relief bills at the Montana Legislature approached the finish line Tuesday, but not before some senators and lobbyists for the state’s largest businesses and utilities voiced their vehement opposition a final time. Lobbyists for outfits like the Montana Chamber of Commerce, Northwestern Energy, the

'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