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Bob Campbell writes, "I believe taxpayers shouldn’t be liable for the City’s mistakes in FY26. Instead of purely increasing revenue, let’s decrease spending!"

Citing public safety and changing technology, the Missoula Police Department is seeking a budget increase of roughly $450,000 in the new fiscal year, from staffing needs to training.

The Missoula Fire Department is asking City Council to fund a number of top-tier needs including an assistant chief and a cost-of-living increase for the Mobile Support Team, among others.

With another budget season looming, the City of Missoula is updating its strategic plan in a push toward data and results when making financial decisions on an increasingly tight budget.

Members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday resisted several amendments that would have added more costs to the FY26 budget, though they also declined to remove other spending requests from the budget.

The Senate’s nail-biting 51-50 vote bookended days of debate in the upper chamber and a marathon voting session.

The two divisions of the Missoula City Attorney's Office are working a growing number of cases while seeking to fill vacant positions at a time when netting qualified candidates remains challenging.

Dave Hadden writes, "Taken together Daines will have supported about $4.6 trillion in additional national debt all in favor of significant tax cuts for the wealthiest."

An analysis of Montana’s budget for the 2025-27 biennium showed a 2.1% increase over the previous biennium, the Legislative Fiscal Division reported this week.

80 Montana AmeriCorps members lost their jobs last month leaving nonprofits, agencies short staffed.