budget cuts

In his letter announcing the line-item vetoes, Gianforte said the budget was balanced but included “unnecessary spending.”

The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of housing millions of people to states, which may be ill-equipped to handle the mission.

The Trump administration released significantly more detail about its budget request Friday evening, giving Congress the information it needs for lawmakers to draft the annual government funding bills.

Federal spending cuts could be coming to rural airports across the country, with a national program utilized by seven Montana airports facing a $300 million downturn.

Some state officials talked about cuts they fear are imminent, and at least one legislator talked about the difficulty of weighing important budget decisions in the midst of uncertainty.

The protest joined more than 1,200 planned “Hands Off!” rallies taking place across the nation, pushing back against the administration’s economic policies, human rights, and government downsizing.

Humanities Montana received notice Wednesday from the National Endowment for the Humanities that its $1 million general operating grant was “terminated immediately."

UC President Michael Drake wrote a letter to students and faculty announcing the hiring freeze and other cost-saving measures.

Idaho House speaker says $79M axed from child care budget ‘hasn’t been on my radar.’