state budget

Governor Greg Gianforte’s Budget Director Kurt Alme spoke with KGVO News late Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the budget numbers for the next biennium.

The Montana Legislature is one step closer to fulfilling its sole Constitutional mandate, passing a two-year balanced budget.

Remember in 2017 when a special session of the Legislature had to be called due to the state budget being underfunded by millions of dollars?

The embattled Medicaid Expansion bill cleared the Montana State senate by a narrow vote during Monday’s floor session.

Chair of the Montana House Appropriations Committee, Republican Nancy Ballance confirmed that her committee has recommended the removal of over 100 positions from the Montana Department of Health and Human Services.

Democrats argue the bills could limit the government's ability to respond to the next financial crisis.

Q2 reports that a rebound in Montana’s tax revenue could lead to reversing $46 million in state budget cuts later this year, according to a legislative report. However, lawmakers said on Monday that the final budget picture won’t be clear until next month...

State budget deal between Governor Steve Bullock and the Republican led legislature could materialize within the next few days.

Wildfires are emerging all over western Montana, and the concern exists with revenue triggers looming, that the state will not have enough money in the budget to effectively fight all the fires.

When the legislature worked on setting the state’s budget it relied on a revenue forecast created by the Legislative Fiscal Division.