Economy

The Montana Legislature’s Select Committee on State Settlement Accountability met for the first time this past week, but not everyone showed up.

There are a lot of public construction projects underway in Missoula right now that involve steel, a commodity that has taken center stage in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China.

On Wednesday, April 4, China released a list of 106 proposed tariffs on U.S. goods and although most of the country was buzzing about the 25 percent tariff on soybeans, the commodities that have Montana producers most concerned are durum wheat and beef products

An hour before sunrise on Saturday, thousands of hunters will be looking for deer and elk throughout Montana, as the general rifle season gets underway.

This week, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis published its second quarter 2016 Personal Income Growth figures for all fifty states

There have been some big changes in trends in the Montana economy.

The 2016 spring fishing season is underway in Montana, and with it, nearly $1 billion in revenue for Montana.

New Department of Labor regulations mean that many workers who didn’t qualify for overtime pay, will soon be receiving time and a half.

A recent study by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research finds that manufacturers across the state are optimistic about 2016, but not quite as enthusiastic than they were about 2015.

There were more out-of-state visitors to Montana in 2015, but overall, they spent less money than the previous year, according to a new report from the University of Montana Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research.