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

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

Closing the Digital Divide in Montana

Lawmakers and local officials should ensure that the taxpayers see their money well spent to provide internet access to those most in need as quickly as possible.

By Kendall Cotton

Rein in Regulations or Open the Floodgates?

President Joe Biden unilaterally opened the floodgates for federal regulations.

By Kendall Cotton

Biden’s new minimum wage

Forcing tradeoffs between zero and $15 will not make our state better off.

By Kendall Cotton

Frontier Institute Statement in Support of HB 158

Lawmakers should carefully evaluate regulations that were waived during the COVID emergency to determine if they were necessary in the first place.

By Frontier Institute