taxes

In a four-hour show of priorities and opinions, the Missoula City Council on Wednesday considered a long list of amendments to the new city budget that would either add new costs or cut them.

Cue up Jerry Maguire and "SHOW ME THE MONEY!" If you're a Montana taxpayer, chances are- you already got your income tax rebates in your bank account. Tuesday marks day one for you to also apply for your property tax rebates.

While households work to cover a 19% rate increase from NorthWestern Energy, the City of Missoula also is facing rising electrical costs, and a portion of that will be passed on to residents within the city's 52 street lighting districts.

What a response from State Senator Greg Hertz (R-Polson). If you haven't been following the news lately, Montana Democrats are pretending to care about property taxes...

Representatives for the Montana Association of Counties, Wild Montana, and the Montana Wildlife Federation this week lauded legislators’ override of Gianforte’s veto of the appropriations bill.

With the budgeting season set to kick off, members of the Missoula City Council this week set the rules that will guide the process and time it with the state's release of its latest tax valuations.

While the mayor's request for an emergency levy to fund the operation of a second homeless shelter for the remainder of the year remains on the table, members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday directed city staff to present a menu of other options and provide regular updates on the progress.

Later this month, Missoula home owners and others around the state will receive what they may dread the most – the state's latest appraised value of their property.

With the public's tolerance for urban camping growing thin, city officials on Monday said they're looking at all solutions, but shelter options for the city's homeless population are thin and without them, there isn't much they can do.

A number of departments went before members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday to kick off the annual budgeting process, one that comes with warnings of a tight year in terms of funding.