For those looking to buy a home for the first time, Montana State University Extension has a MontGuide available discussing how Montana law allows individuals to have a special savings account to pay for homebuyer expenses and reduce state income taxes. According to Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, as long as the money is left in the first-time homebuyer savings account

Over the next two months, school districts across Montana will be submitting plans to the state Office of Public Instruction specifying how they intend to use federal COVID-19 relief funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. But Superintendent Elsie Arntzen has recently expressed concern that some districts may fail to meet federal standards governing ARPA funds, and informed the U.S. Department

Amid a historic drought gripping Montana, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has announced that impacted Montana farmers and ranchers will begin receiving financial and technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA also announced that, following a Tester push, emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program acres may be authorized to provide additional relief

President Biden has issued 72 directives to promote competition and jumpstart the U.S. economy. According to a press release by the White House, a lack of competition in the market place is estimated to cost American households $5,000 annually. Many directives pertain to the agriculture sector including: a directive to the Federal Trade Commission to limit equipment manufacturers from restricting