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Stocks rallied in 2023, as investor momentum picked up with the shrinking threat of recession, diminishing inflation and the increasing likelihood of a soft economic landing.

Since 2006, Montana’s minimum wage has been automatically increased to account for inflation, after voters approved Initiative 151, adding a yearly cost-of-living adjustment.

Montana's rate of unemployment ended November at 3% while the state's total labor force reached a new record, the governor's office said Tuesday.

Next year is packed with potential shifts in the economy but many economists and investment analysts expect that the country will likely avoid a recession in 2024 even as growth slows in the first half of the year.

Jim Elliott writes, "America was built by a lot of people with dirty hands. They are still building it."

Employees of three Mount Adams Fruit packing facilities in the Columbia River Gorge say they want safer conditions, better treatment and pay.

With a couple hours to spare, a strike on the Las Vegas Strip was averted this year as Culinary Workers Local 226 announced a tentative contract agreement with Wynn Resorts.

The 35¢-an-hour increase follows last year’s 75¢-an-hour increase, which was the largest in more than a decade.

While supporting local businesses is a dirty word to some members of City Council, the two candidates for mayor believe that needs to change, and that Missoula has new opportunities on the table that can grow the workforce and provide good-paying jobs.

Elected officials in Missoula County will receive an increase in total compensation this fiscal year, a move that also increases the pay of deputies within the Sheriff's Department.