September 2014
Paid Leave: The US is further behind than you realized
If you’ve read our blog over the summer, it is clear that paid leave is an issue MBPC cares about. Paid leave policies provide workers with the time...
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If you’ve read our blog over the summer, it is clear that paid leave is an issue MBPC cares about. Paid leave policies provide workers with the time...
Read moreUnfortunate news today, the number of Montanans experiencing poverty increased in 2013. This highlights the point that many people have not yet...
Read morePart three of our back-to-school series is Guaranteed Tax Base. If you want to be cool, just call it GTB. To begin, let me be clear - GTB is very...
Read moreToday the Census Bureau released new data on the number of Montanans that have health care coverage. About 165,000 Montanans still did not have...
Read moreThe second of our back-to-school series is basic entitlement. Remember last week we discussed per-ANB entitlement, funding to schools based on the...
Read moreSeptember is here and that means backpacks, school lunches, homework, and high school sports. It also means investing in teachers, classroom...
Read moreBy far and away one of the most important investments we can make in our economy is in the future of our youngest learners. Montana is home to over...
Read moreThere are a myriad of reasons why Montana should expand Medicaid – providing affordable health care coverage for up to 70,0000 Montanans and a boost...
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