MT: Livable Wages/Working Families
Confronting Bozeman's affordable housing shortage
An advocacy group in Bozeman is calling on young people and low-income renters to take on the city's notorious housing crunch. More than half of the …
Montana group uses co-op model to take on housing crisis
A coalition of advocates is using a novel approach to address the housing shortage in Missoula, helping renters become owners. Prices and …
IRA funds clean energy jobs in Montana, critics skeptical of cost
Environmental advocates are heralding added jobs and ecosystem protections funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, which just marked its two-year …
Tuition calculator helpful for college-bound rural Montanans
For Montanans preparing to start college this fall, an interactive online Tuition Tracker can help them figure out some of the costs ahead of time…
Headwaters tech hub brings $41 million to MT
Montana has been granted $41 million to create a training and education program for new jobs in the high-tech sector. The Headwaters Hub is part of …
FTC says corporate grocers gouge Montana shoppers
The latest report from the Federal Trade Commission says despite an easing of pandemic related supply chains and economic stressors, major grocers …
MT sees nation's highest percentage of kids losing Medicaid
More than 4 million children nationwide were removed from Medicaid and CHIP health coverage by the end of 2023 as the government reset the programs af…
MT disability advocates sue to stop school vouchers
Advocates for the rights of people with disabilities have joined the Montana Quality Education Association in a suit to stop a school voucher bill in …
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…