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Wildlife issues have frequently been overcome with intense division in previous legislative sessions. 2023 was different.

There have been dozens of news articles celebrating the historic pro-housing reforms passed in the 2023 Legislature. Many of those national stories call the package of legislation “the Montana Miracle.”

Montana is again being recognized as a leader on protecting our citizens’ privacy in the age of technology.

October 1st is the deadline to claim your $675 property tax rebate for this year. Tens of thousands of Montana property owners have already claimed theirs.

Cities are updating their zoning codes to be more friendly toward building affordable starter homes, with some, like Whitefish, explicitly saying they wouldn’t have done so without a mandate from the Legislature.

The big takeaway for Montana citizens is this: if you have an idea you’d like to see the Legislature work on in the 2025 legislative session, don’t wait to make your voice heard.

We scored a big win for Montanans’ privacy and against invasive surveillance technology during this year’s legislative session.

As Montana students head back into the classroom for another year of school, our education system is facing multiple challenges.

The state legislature passed $384 million in property tax rebates, the first half of which is currently available to Montanans.

The conservative budgeting from the legislature and resulting historic budget surplus allowed Republicans to do both tax relief and long-term planning.