MT: Livable Wages/Working Families
Monday, April 22, 2024
FTC: Grocers gouging consumers with food prices
Food prices remain high, in Montana and across the country. A new report by the Federal Trade Commission says the country's largest grocery …
Child Tax Credit would benefit 46,000 MT kids
Advocates of the Child Tax Credit are calling on Washington lawmakers to expand it as they return to the Capitol this week. It's estimated an …
MT teachers union files pair of 'school choice' lawsuits
Montana's largest teachers union has filed two lawsuits against "school choice" measures in the state. Montana lawmakers passed House Bill 393 last …
MT health care workers vote on large pay increase
A group of health-care workers in Montana will learn tomorrow whether their new union contract has been ratified. The tentative deal, between SEIU 7…
Creating a local pipeline for Montana teaching jobs
By Victoria Lim for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Big Sky Connection reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Service Collabora…
Report: Climate change to cost MT jobs, hundreds of millions of dollars
A new scientific report from a wildlife conservation group details the potential impacts of climate change on Montana jobs and the environment…
Poll highlights MT 'battleground' voters
A new poll shows Montana's rural voters are concerned with rising transportation and energy costs, higher health-care expenses, and a lack of good-…
MT housing advocates take aim at cost disparity
New U.S. census data show nearly a third of Montanans spend at least 30% of their income on housing. Advocates for affordable housing said it mostly …
AARP MT Calls for In-Home Care Reform
More than 48 million Americans count themselves as in-home caregivers, helping loved ones live independently as long as possible. A recent AARP …
MT Joins Food Price Gouging Investigation
Montana is part of a bipartisan effort around the U.S. to strengthen enforcement and prevent antitrust activity within the nation's food system…
Senators Call on Congress to Invest $50 Billion in Rural America
Senators in Washington, D.C. want to see a $50 billion infusion into America's rural areas - with the Rebuild Rural America Act. The legislation is …
Healthy Kids Study Shows Dramatic Lack of Montana Child Care
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count Data Book ranks Montana 18th nationally in overall child well-being. The just-released numbers showed …