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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.

Testifying before a House committee, the heads of NPR and PBS took a conciliatory approach to some Republican criticisms — but held that their organizations are largely nonpartisan and free of political bias.

As the City of Missoula begins crafting its budget for the new fiscal year, housing affordability, economic growth and government accountability will help guide the process.

A portion of the city's tax increment collected for economic development will instead go to fund the county's share of the Johnson Street shelter in the new fiscal year.

The Missoula City Council on Monday night voted 8-4 to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, which includes a tax increase of $5.8%, or roughly 11% when the fire levy is included.