March 2020
Updates from the State-Tribal Relations Interim Committee Meeting
On March 5-6, the State-Tribal Relations Committee (STRC) met in Helena to discuss a wide variety of topics. To quickly recap the importance of...
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On March 5-6, the State-Tribal Relations Committee (STRC) met in Helena to discuss a wide variety of topics. To quickly recap the importance of...
Read more*Update. Due to COVID-19 all interim committee meetings have been cancelled. It’s a busy week next week for Montana legislative interim...
Read moreDo you ever get confused about all of the acronyms MBPC (aka the Montana Budget & Policy Center) uses? To help clear things up, we put our 50 most...
Read moreMontana has the opportunity to protect and expand Supplemental Nutrition Access Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) benefits for...
Read moreAs tax season is upon us, many Americans are finding out how much they owe in federal income taxes this year. The Institute of Taxation and...
Read moreLast week marked the anniversary of the Family Medical and Leave Act, America’s unpaid leave law. It also marks a time when we are seeing a lot of...
Read moreThis week marks the anniversary of the enactment of the Family Medical and Leave Act (FMLA), our nation’s unpaid leave law. The passage of FLMA in...
Read moreThis December, the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians became the 574th federally recognized tribe after more than a hundred years of fighting for...
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