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Healthcare providers write, "The reality is that the HELP Act has contributed to a stronger workforce by keeping people healthy and showing up to work."

Two proposals by GOP leaders in legislature would expand the lower tax bracket to encompass middle class, while governor continues touting ‘historic’ top-down approach.

Missoula County on Thursday approved a number of measures intended to bring a long-sought public water system to the Wye.

Mayor Andrea Davis said the survey will establish a baseline by which the city can measure its progress across a range of issues including safety, utilities, taxes, mobility, the economy and community design, among others.

Morgan Slemberger writes that "Women in Montana face persistent barriers that limit their economic impact including one in particular: access to capital."

Striking Amazon and Starbucks workers in California and elsewhere have long pushed for union contracts. The Trump administration is unlikely to be on their side.

Boeing’s planned job cuts will include 2,199 layoffs in Washington, according to a notice issued Monday by the state’s Employment Security Department.

A 2024 report on labor in Montana said the economy is continuing to expand, unemployment remains low, and wage growth is increasing and has outpaced inflation.

The U.S. economy added 254,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate dropped, showing that the labor market, while strained, still has plenty to give.

A shuttered particleboard plant in Missoula on Thursday saw its request for a boundary-line relocation approved by Missoula County – a move the owners say will facilitate the distribution of individual parcels within the company.