Key points: Over the last 15 years, Missoula’s spending has increased faster than the pace of population growth plus inflation, at the excessive cost of $198 million to Missoula taxpayers in 2021. The Real Missoula Budget demonstrates the need for government spending restraint and an improved budget process to protect Missoula taxpayers. Missoula officials should focus...
A new report provides an enlightening overview of the ways in which regulations are driving up the cost of housing in Bozeman.
Excessive red tape can crush the dreams of young entrepreneurs and stifle innovative solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges.
"Our business started May 8 of 2020. It’s been almost a year and a half now, and we still have no indication on when it's going to get approved.”
One of the biggest factors constricting the supply of housing is zoning and building regulations imposed by local governments.
We don’t have to move mountains to start mending the damage done by onerous regulations. In this case, all it takes is one word.
Montanans are free to drive to another state to receive care from a medical provider of their choice. Why are they not free to do the same virtually?
Solving environmental problems requires more than just spending money. It takes political courage to slash decades of built-up red tape standing in the way of the innovators and entrepreneurs who are ready to take on the challenge.
We still hear a lot of criticism about active forest management from environmental commentators, who say we can “never log our way out of a baking climate.” These critics fail to see the forest for the trees
Montana has the second-most regulatory restrictions per capita among its regional neighbors, trailing only Wyoming and being well ahead of Colorado, Idaho and Utah.
Imagine instead if a developer could walk into a city permit office with their plans, walk out with a permit and start construction that same day.
If direct pay models became commonplace, they would empower and liberate both patients and doctors and do more to bring down costs than other healthcare reforms.
Some Montanans are turning to manufactured tiny homes as an affordable alternative to standard sized homes. But in many areas of our state, regulations stand in the way of tiny home development.
This week’s newsletter features an introduction from Frontier Institute’s Summer Intern, Liam McCollum.