Center For New Frontiers

THE MISSION

The Center for New Frontiers is dedicated to opening new frontiers for freedom so Montanans can build and create an abundant future.

2023-2025 Policy Priorities

The Center’s biennium policy priorities are:

– Securing fundamental rights to enable economic dynamism
– Regulatory reforms to empower innovators and entrepreneurs
– Encouraging crypto and blockchain innovation
– Eliminating policy barriers to energy abundance
– Developing pro-innovation environmental policy

Montana 2050 Project

The Center will also lead the Montana 2050 Project, an initiative to develop a long-range free market policy vision for issues critical to future economic prosperity. During the 23-25 Biennium, the Center will explore long-range Montana 2050 priorities in the following issue areas:

– Property Rights
– Occupational Licensing
– Education
– Red Tape Relief

Montana’s 2022 New Year’s Resolution

Rule notices indicate the Red Tape Relief Initiative has already spurred large reductions in the state’s regulatory burden.

By Tanner Avery

Montana Poised for Red Tape Relief in 2022

The stage is set for Montana to begin reversing this trend in 2022. Rule notices indicate the Red Tape Relief Initiative has already spurred large reductions in the state’s regulatory burden.

By Kendall Cotton

Excessive Red Tape Hurts the Least Fortunate

Montana has the opportunity to take the lead reducing harmful red tape and lifting up the least fortunate, while preserving regulations needed to protect consumers.

By Kendall Cotton

Regulations Crush Environmental Innovation

The Cahoons’ story is a stark reminder of how excessive red tape can crush the dreams of entrepreneurs and stifle innovative solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges.

By Kendall Cotton

Turning to Taxpayers Should be Politicians’ Last Resort

By focusing on enabling citizens to control their lives, governments will provide the maximum freedom for innovators, disruptors and entrepreneurs to do what they do best and solve society’s problems.

By Kendall Cotton

MTLeg Viewpoint: Montana Democrats Working to Cut Red Tape in Health Care

There are laws all over the books in Montana that don’t match up to the way folks access health care now.

By Rep. Kim Abbott

Slashing Red Tape Will Grow Montana’s Workforce

In addressing Montana’s workforce shortage, Gianforte is right to focus on making apprentice-to-journeyman ratios more flexible for employers.

By Kendall Cotton

Gallatin County and the Bozeman Fiber Boondoggle

Instead of trying and likely failing to get in the internet business themselves local officials should be focused on eliminating government barriers to hasten buildout.

By Eric Peterson

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.

By Tanner Avery

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.

By Tanner Avery

The Human Impact of Red Tape

Excessive red tape can crush the dreams of young entrepreneurs and stifle innovative solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges.

By Kendall Cotton

Time to Empower Environmental Innovation

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.

By Kendall Cotton

Red Tape Portal Helps Promote Accountability for Regulators

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.

By Kendall Cotton

Regulations Destroy Innovation

We all lose out when harmful regulations crush innovations that could help our environment.

By Kendall Cotton