Missoula: Overtaxed
Missoula: Overtaxed
Property taxes have long been a common discussion across Montana, but some residents may have a reason to feel that their property taxes are rising faster.
Making A Difference After Election Day
Making A Difference After Election Day
From my experience, average Montanans who engage with their local representatives directly and peacefully can truly make a difference.
Analysis: Average-priced Missoula homes seeing massive property tax increases
Analysis: Average-priced Missoula homes seeing massive property tax increases
Missoula has been spending at rates dramatically in excess of population growth plus inflation – causing property taxes to spike.
Listening to the calls for hearing aid reform
Listening to the calls for hearing aid reform
Reducing restrictive regulation could allow for Montanans to reap the benefits of lower hearing aid costs and provide greater access to rural communities.
Restoring forest management
Restoring forest management
Despite the consensus of fire playing an important role in the health of our forests, forest management planners have been crippled by bureaucratic red tape preventing the use of controlled burns.
Getting Bureaucrats Out of the Way of Forest Management
Getting Bureaucrats Out of the Way of Forest Management
It's time for Montana to reassess what it can do to reduce future wildfire risk.
There’s Nothing Fair About Inflation
There’s Nothing Fair About Inflation
Given the disproportionate harm done to lower-income people, fueling inflation by adding trillions to the national debt hardly seems fair to working Montanans.
Fixing Montana’s Bus Driver Shortage
Fixing Montana’s Bus Driver Shortage
While often implemented with good intentions, studies show that regulations increase the cost of doing business and hamper economic growth.
Pandemic exposed the flaws of one-size-fits-all education
Pandemic exposed the flaws of one-size-fits-all education
Let educators choose how to teach and parents choose the best education for their kids.
Facial Recognition in Montana
Facial Recognition in Montana
Several Montana agencies have confirmed the use of facial recognition. But the full extent to which the technology is being used is still unclear.
Policymakers can help reduce risk of catastrophic forest fires
Policymakers can help reduce risk of catastrophic forest fires
Policymakers can help reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
Improve policies to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires
Improve policies to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires
After a summer of flames and smoke, policymakers can—and must—improve policies to reduce the risk of future catastrophic wildfires.
New Policy Brief: The Real Missoula Budget
New Policy Brief: The Real Missoula Budget
It’s time for local governments to place firm limits on the growth of new spending, keeping budgets within the bounds of economic growth and what taxpayers can reasonably afford.
The Real Missoula Budget: The State of Missoula’s Spending
The Real Missoula Budget: The State of Missoula’s Spending
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...