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The administrative budget for Fiscal Year 2027 presented Wednesday by Missoula Mayor Andrea Davis seeks no new programs and only one new city employee, though it still results in a budget increase of roughly 3.8%.

Chuck Denowh writes, "Montana farmers know that a tax on Mexican beer would only be a tax on them."

Concerns are growing over how majority Democrats in Olympia are managing the state’s finances and what he described as a souring mood among business leaders, who are questioning if Washington is where they want to be.

Washington voters will get their chance in November to embrace or reject the state’s new income tax on households with earnings greater than a million dollars a year.

Republican leaders in the Montana Senate will back Gov. Greg Gianforte’s push for the state to have a single, flat income tax rate during the 2027 session.

The Legislature is expected to pass a bill this week that will put the proposition on the general election ballot.

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.

A new report published this month by a Boise-based nonprofit organization found that state and federal income tax cuts have benefited the highest-income Idaho households the most, while low-income families are actually paying more.

The bonds include $5.4 million paid by revenues from city's water utility and $4.4 million generated from a small tax increase in the road district.

Pending a final vote, the city will issue two revenue bonds to generate roughly $9.7 million needed for improvements to the water building occupied by Public Works and Mobility.