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Montana lawmakers acknowledged there was significant work to do on workforce and childcare issues, as childcare is now costing Montanans 28% of their median household income.

Teachers in the Grand Canyon State face the second-worst pay gap in the country, earning a third less than other college-educated employees.

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

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.

Brushing past criticism, congressional Democrats argued that current federal wage standards leave millions of U.S. workers living in poverty.

All but one voting member of the City Council on Monday night approved a collective bargaining agreement with the Missoula Police Department in a move that brings officers' pay closer to the market average.

Federal wildland firefighters came one step closer to a permanent pay boost Wednesday, as lawmakers on the Senate’s homeland security panel approved a measure to canonize a temporary salary hike scheduled to end in the coming months.

The Missoula County sheriff and deputies at the county jail have filed a lawsuit against the county, claiming it violated the Wage Claim Act by failing to correctly calculate their wages and thus, has been underpaying them for several years.