Budget bill makes its way to Senate next week

This week HB 2, the budget bill, comes over from the House to the Senate Finance and Claims Committee. We get Friday through Monday off for an Easter break, then starting on Tuesday, April 7, HB 2 is on the Senate floor. Back door deals have been made and it …

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Budget bill makes its way to Senate next week

This week HB 2, the budget bill, comes over from the House to the Senate Finance and Claims Committee. We get Friday through Monday off for an Easter break, then starting on Tuesday, April 7, HB 2 is on the Senate floor. Back door deals have been made and it …

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Agricultural property taxes up 10%; residential down

Preliminary property reappraisal data is in.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pay attention to reappraisal data

Preliminary property reappraisal data is in.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

An oil education for Montana legislators

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

An oil education for Montana legislators

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

An oil education for Montana legislators

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Governor vetoes several important bills

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Governor vetoes several important bills

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Governor vetoes several important bills

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

State budget work is a compromise

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

State budget work is a compromise

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

State budget work is a compromise

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Update from Helena

This legislative session will be very different. The House in the last three sessions was divided evenly between Republicans and Democrats. Now, there are 68 Republicans and only 32 Democrats, and 32 of the Republicans are new legislators.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO

Worries about making state budget cuts

Last week I spent four days in Helena pouring over our budget problems.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Worries about making state budget cuts

Last week I spent four days in Helena pouring over our budget problems.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Worries about making state budget cuts

Last week I spent four days in Helena pouring over our budget problems.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Time to protest taxes is now

Every citizen has the right to protest their taxes. Time is running out. The 30 days will be up this week. If you file for an informal review the 30 days will be extended.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

House passes stimulus bill, on to Senate

As everyone predicted, we passed the stimulus money bill, House Bill 645, out of the House. It's now in the Senate. They will probably change things around.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

House passes stimulus bill, on to Senate

As everyone predicted, we passed the stimulus money bill, House Bill 645, out of the House. It's now in the Senate. They will probably change things around.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

House passes stimulus bill, on to Senate

As everyone predicted, we passed the stimulus money bill, House Bill 645, out of the House. It's now in the Senate. They will probably change things around.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

WEB EXTRA Helena update: Rep. Janna Taylor

We heard an interesting bill in House Transportation last week. House Bill 615 would set up a system to identify vehicles that are uninsured. Senator Brueggeman has a similar bill in the Senate Transportation Committee.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Uninsured motorist ID system has plenty of support

We heard an interesting bill in House Transportation last week. House Bill 615 would set up a system to identify vehicles that are uninsured. Senator Brueggeman has a similar bill in the Senate Transportation Committee.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Uninsured motorist ID system has plenty of support

We heard an interesting bill in House Transportation last week. House Bill 615 would set up a system to identify vehicles that are uninsured. Senator Brueggeman has a similar bill in the Senate Transportation Committee.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Uninsured motorist ID system has plenty of support

We heard an interesting bill in House Transportation last week. House Bill 615 would set up a system to identify vehicles that are uninsured. Senator Brueggeman has a similar bill in the Senate Transportation Committee.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Update from Helena: Janna Taylor

We are all concerned with the federal stimulus money. We could get as much as $800 million. Many of the legislators on my side of the aisle are not very fond of the idea of putting our grandchildren deeper in debt, but you know that the state won’t turn down …

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Helena update: Rep. Janna Taylor

Here I sit among citizen legislators, many teachers, lawyers, real estate agents and retirees. We need to decide how much the next two year’s state income and spending will be.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 16 YEARS AGO

Rep. Janna Taylor checks in from Helena

We all arrived in Helena in spite of the weather. It took Rep. Julie French two and a half days to make it from Scoby to Helena. We Montanans are a tough lot.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 16 YEARS AGO

Property tax info, updates

Lake County has the highest increase in property values of all the counties in Montana, 103 percent. I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the new appraisal since my May article about property taxes.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 16 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Word from Helena: Media makes picture worse

It was great to have two extra days off to rest and celebrate Easter with my family. Things get pretty hectic in Helena. But once again I have to tell you that the newspapers and television make it seem much worse than it is.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 17 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Smoke and mirrors gets budget below cap

House District 11

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO