BILLINGS – Montana’s property tax assessments are set to hit mailboxes in the next week, and taxpayers wanting to appeal will have to hustle. Gone are the days when a property’s full taxable value was stepped in over six years to keep tax increases gradual. Under the old plan, a homeowner who disagreed with how … Continue reading State property tax assessments to be issued soon →

The 2015 Montana Legislative session reached its end in late April, and local legislators said there were positives and negatives to be taken from it. “I’ve heard it said that compromise is when you have a deal where nobody is completely satisfied, but everybody can live with it,” said Sen. Eric Moore, R-Miles City and this session’s President … Continue reading Legislators: Positives, negatives to session →