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Montana nears deadline for landlords to avoid second-home tax

Montana nears deadline for landlords to avoid second-home tax

After a multi-week extension, Montana’s state revenue department will stop accepting applications from landlords seeking to shield themselves from the state’s impending second-home tax at midnight Friday. As of Thursday, a spokesperson for the state Department of Revenue said the agency had so far received roughly

Middle East war: global economic fallout

Middle East war: global economic fallout

Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war: - Iran's Hormuz offer to Japan - Iran is willing to help Japanese ships sail the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global fuel supplies, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Kyodo News in an interview published on Saturday.

Red states move to cut income taxes as Trump eyes federal shift

(The Center Square) – As Republican-led states move to lower or eliminate income taxes, President Donald Trump's economic advisers have suggested moving ahead with broader state sales taxes to boost economic growth and wages for workers. Meanwhile, Democrat-led states are heading in the opposite direction, considering higher

Say no to the Hertz/Regier tax increase plan | Josh Kassmier

Montanans are paying too much in taxes, and sadly Greg Hertz and the Regier family are doing everything possible to increase them. It started with editorials. In a KJJR editorial, Matt Regier said he was “angry” the Legislature passed property tax reform. Then Rep. Amy Regier, in another editorial, went

Where Americans are moving in 2026: The cities gaining, and losing, the most residents

Where Americans are moving in 2026: The cities gaining, and losing, the most residents

Where Americans are moving in 2026: The cities gaining, and losing, the most residents For decades, the story of American migration has followed a familiar script: People leave the Northeast and Midwest for the Sun Belt. But the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, moving companies, and real

Letter to the editor: Sermons or statutes? The Kim Dailey question

Voters in House District 85 are hearing a lot from Kim Dailey about restoring “moral values” and putting God back into public discourse. According to her campaign materials, that mission is central to why she is running for the legislature. That may be a heartfelt belief. But the job she

Gianforte steps into property tax dispute, asks Supreme Court to decide before ‘27 session

Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte on Monday waded directly into the conflict over a transformational property tax law that’s now being litigated by GOP lawmakers, urging the Montana Supreme Court to take up the case and settle the dispute before the Legislature gavels in next year. Attorneys for the governor