With one of the goals being to make Montana more business friendly, Gov. Greg Gianforte and budget director Kurt Alme released their proposed budget during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 7. Gianforte, in his first week in office, described the plan as the “road map to the Montana comeback.” The budget includes $50 million in tax reductions including decreasing the marginal individual

By Bill Vander Weele After an attack of the nation’s capitol building, Montana’s two U.S. senators each ended voting against an objection to the electoral college vote on Wednesday, Jan. 6. A group of riots, believed to be pro-Trump protesters, breached the U.S. Capitol just as Congress started a joint session regarding the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Senators

Bigger Sky Kids in Wolf Point is reopening for classes and afterschool activities Thursday, Jan. 14. According program director Otto Osen, Cathryn McIntyre’s painting class will be held on Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. McIntyre’s class on studio art, which was scheduled to meet thirty times in the 2019–2020 academic year, was suspended in March with seven classes remaining. Those sessions