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Why Moms AND Dads Need Paid Leave

When a new baby enters the family, everyone’s life turns upside down. While mothers might need paid leave while they recover from childbirth, it is...

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Montana Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act: A Bill to Support Montana Families

When faced with an illness, caring for a loved one, or a new child entering the family, many Montana workers are forced to choose between taking time...

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Oil and Gas Tax Holiday: It is time to end this free ride

The 2017 Montana Legislature has been marked with concern over massive budgetary cuts and the major shortfall in revenue. While not all cuts can be...

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Timeline of Meaningful Developments in the State-Tribal Relationship

Today at 1 pm at the State Capitol, CSKT Tribal Chairman Dr. Vernon Finley will deliver this year’s State of the Tribal Nations Address to members...

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Early Legislative Action Threatens Hundreds of Millions of Federal Funding

This week, MBPC released a new report providing an overview of early actions so far on the state budget, and the damaging cuts that have already been...

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Water's Edge Election: It is Time to Eliminate this Corporate Tax Break

On Thursday, the Senate Taxation Committee will hear Senate Bill 105, repealing the water's edge election for corporate income tax purposes. The...

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Devolution: Another Reason Tribes and States Should Work Together

The start of the 2017 Montana legislative session is a great time to talk about two major incentives for state and tribal governments to work together...

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Vacancy Savings: More Harmful Than You Think

For the past few months, Montanans have been hearing about the current shortfall in revenue in this past year than the legislature previously...

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Montana Budget & Policy Center

Shaping policy for a stronger Montana.

MBPC is a nonprofit organization focused on providing credible and timely research and analysis on budget, tax, and economic issues that impact low- and moderate-income Montana families.