Pro-Density vs. Pro-Freedom: A Look at Bozeman’s Zoning Updates
Pro-Density vs. Pro-Freedom: A Look at Bozeman’s Zoning Updates
"The problem isn’t that government is picking the wrong types of housing – the problem is that government is trampling on property rights and making choices that should be left to Montanans."
By Tanner Avery
Fiscally Crying Wolf
Fiscally Crying Wolf
"Trimming $350 Million from a $16 billion state budget is small potatoes, not the sky falling. If anything, our federal and state governments should be focused on eliminating even more spending to protect taxpayers."
By Kendall Cotton
Written Public Comment to SFIC 7.23.25
Written Public Comment to SFIC 7.23.25
We believe it is a constitutional and policy imperative for Montana to implement a statewide student-centered funding formula design as the primary way to fund public education.
By Frontier Institute
Mike Mansfield and the Japanese
Mike Mansfield and the Japanese
"In 1988, on behalf of America and with Mike Mansfield’s support, President Ronald Reagan formally apologized for the internments and publicly admitted they were not justified."
By Lawrence Reed
Montana Leading with Free Market Healthcare
Montana Leading with Free Market Healthcare
By eliminating the middlemen and bureaucracy involved in billing third parties, DPC providers are able to save patients money and focus on their health while also being radically transparent with their prices – a breath of fresh air in today’s modern healthcare world.
By Kendall Cotton
Recent Permitting Reforms Are Protecting Property Rights
Recent Permitting Reforms Are Protecting Property Rights
"What property rights are unequivocally not, however, is a license to control what others do with their own property."
By Tanner Avery
Let’s Start at the Beginning: Vouchers, Tax Credit Scholarships and ESAs
Let’s Start at the Beginning: Vouchers, Tax Credit Scholarships and ESAs
"Education choice represents a fundamental shift toward recognizing student diversity and parental agency while maintaining our collective commitment to ensuring every child receives a quality education."
By Trish Schreiber
The 20th President
The 20th President
"Garfield argued that the nation’s financial ailments, the soaring prices of the Civil War especially, stemmed from the federal government’s monetary mischief."
By Lawrence Reed
We Didn’t Get The Property Tax Relief We Need
We Didn’t Get The Property Tax Relief We Need
While helping some in the short term, SB 542 / HB 231 fall short of the property tax relief Montanans desperately need and, in many ways, actually make our tax system worse.
By Kendall Cotton
Being Your Own Boss
Being Your Own Boss
"There is certainly freedom in being one’s own boss, but freedom isn’t free. New business owners will pay for that freedom in long hours, learning new skills, and spending lots of money on initial expenses."
By Joe Coco
Model Legislation: The Private Property Protection Act
Model Legislation: The Private Property Protection Act
The Private Property Protection Act affirms the fundamental right to use private property
By Frontier Institute
A Giant Project that Began in Montana
A Giant Project that Began in Montana
"The Montana connection dates to 1908, when the young organization began distributing Bibles. It happened at the Superior Hotel in the Mineral County town of Superior, Montana, where the Gideons placed their first 25 Bibles."
By Lawrence Reed
Montana Exceptionalism
Montana Exceptionalism
"It’s clear the western frontier values that made America great – individual freedom, self-reliance, relentless optimism, a fierce drive to innovate, radical openness to opportunity, mutual respect for each other’s freedom – were still alive on the Montana House floor that day."
By Kendall Cotton