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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

Nonprofits that support the Bozeman Public Library merge

Nonprofits that support the Bozeman Public Library merge

Two foundations — the Friends of the Bozeman Public Library and the Bozeman Public Library Foundation — merged in January 2025 to create one nonprofit organization, the Bozeman Library Friends and Foundation. The new foundation now focuses on both fundraising and book sales. Janay Johnson, the executive director of the Friends and

Tenants rally for ownership of two Bozeman mobile home parks

State and local leaders joined the residents of two Bozeman mobile home parks to urge the current owner to sell them the land they are currently renting. The land was listed for sale in July Tenants of these parks say that resident ownership is the only way to ensure long-

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

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

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