Taxpayers are keeping the phone lines buzzing to the Department of Revenue with concerns about property taxes, agency officials said last week. But far fewer property taxpayers have appealed their new assessments this year compared to a spike in 2023, according to data from the Department of Revenue. In 2023, the number of appeals was 21,322, but this year, it’s 13,271, according to the

Graduate students in the master’s of science in innovation and management program at Montana State University made statewide impacts this year in partnership with renowned country singer Dolly Parton. In 1995, Parton created the Imagination Library, which sends free, age-appropriate books each month to kids under 5. The resource aims to provide every child, regardless of income, access to books

The Montana Motor Vehicle Division is accepting Chrome for Kids Wish Fund applications from Montana- based nonprofits that grant wishes to chronically or seriously ill children. When a Montana resident pays to register their motorcycle or quadricycle, a $20 donation fee is put into the Chrome for Kids Wish Fund, a special revenue fund created by the Montana Legislature to provide financial