STARS Act

Legislators have voted forward bills on property tax relief, Medicaid expansion, judicial oversight and more.

Briefs: A bill to fund education and boost teacher pay advances.Legislators gather support for a bill that supports Montana-made grocery store goods.

One of the Montana Legislature’s blockbuster proposals to boost school funding received universal, bipartisan acclaim during its debut hearing this week.

A first-of-its-kind state report on teacher pay in Montana shows the average educator can’t afford housing and receives wages that haven’t kept pace with inflation.