Republican and Democratic legislative leaders say they prefer alternatives to the governor’s proposed cut to the state’s top-bracket income tax rate.

One of the Montana Legislature’s blockbuster proposals to boost school funding received universal, bipartisan acclaim during its debut hearing this week.

Gov. Greg Gianforte urged lawmakers to advance his proposals for income and property tax cuts in a news conference at the Montana State Capitol.

HELENA, Mont. — On Thursday, Governor Greg Gianforte held his first press conference since the legislative session began, bringing a guest as he continues pushing his tax relief proposals.

Governor Greg Gianforte was in Bozeman on Wednesday to discuss income and property tax relief for Montanans.

Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Zalewski attends the Commemoration Ceremony of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has entered the Treasure State in an ongoing flag war between supporters of President-elect Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden, who for ordered the United States flag at half-staff on Monday, Inauguration Day.

Montana’s federal delegation, now comprised entirely of Republicans, was joined by GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte in Washington, D.C., on Monday to celebrate the inauguration of President Donald Trump to his

Montana lawmakers debated legislation that would allow unlimited wolf hunting across the state until the population was reduced to a threshold of 650 animals statewide.

Medicaid expansion saves lives and saves money, proponents said — an estimated $27 million the last biennium, according to Rep. Ed Buttrey, sponsoring one bill to continue the program.

A property tax relief measure touted by Gov. Greg Gianforte as his signature response to widespread public angst over rising residential tax bills would lower taxes on primary residences by raising them on second homes and Airbnb-style short-term vacation rentals.

In recent interviews, legislative leaders predicted a vigorous debate over keeping the Medicaid expansion program, which pays the medical bills of more than 75,000 low-income Montanans at an annual cost of about $1 billion to the federal and state governments.