First Four Months in 2025, Illegal Crossings Down by 83% Nationwide from 2024
By Bethany Blankley The Center Square In the first four months of 2025, illegal border crossing encounters and apprehensions reported…
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Capital Gains Impact Housing Prices
With median home prices exceeding $1 million in many U.S. housing markets, some real estate professionals are drawing attention to…
Goodbye to the Penny
The US Treasury recently announced it will stop making the penny. Producing one penny cost almost four cents, costing the…
NW Energy Explains Rate Increase
In opening remarks before the Montana Public Service Commission on the first day of the hearing on NorthWestern Energy’s request…
New Sign for Metra
It’s time to replace MetraPark’s digital advertising sign at 6th Avenue. “The controller is shot,” reported staff in seeking the…
Balancing Costs, Labor, and Ambiguity in the Ninth District’s Construction Sector
Erick Garcia Luna, Director, Regional Outreach Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis “…the industry’s reliance on imported materials, such as Canadian…
On Watch: Will Inflation Stay Tame?
By Orphe Divounguy, The Center Square Bottom Line: This week’s inflation data is expected to show a slight uptick in…
Watchdogs: New Montana Law Restricting Foreign Money in Elections Insufficient
By Tom Joyce, The Center Square Montana recently became the sixth state this year to pass a ban on foreign…
AI Regulatory Moratorium Provides Time to Get the Standard Right
By Taylor Barkley and Sebastian Griffin, Abundance Institute and Mountain States Policy Center For states like Washington, Wyoming, Idaho and…
Lab-Grown Meat Banned in Montana
Governor Greg Gianforte has signed into law HB 401, a bill banning the manufacturing and sale of lab-grown meat in…