Ed. Note: We welcome MPI Senior Fellow for Constitutional Jurisprudence and retired UM Professor Rob Natelson to our blog. Rob is a national expert on constitutional issues and wil[...]
A total of 50 state legislators and approximately 130 people met this weekend to discuss free market principles for Montana. The two-day event was hosted by the Montana Policy Inst[...]
In preparation for the 2013 Legislative Session, Montana Policy Institute is bringing national, state, & local experts together for a discussion of budget reform, fiscal discip[...]
3/18:11: Havre Daily News article discussing whether or not Montana’s legislature is a “laughingstock” for supporting a freedom agenda. MPI’s Carl Graham qu[...]
Montana has experienced unconstrained state government spending growth, resulting in a structural deficit where future expected revenues will not match future spending obligations.[...]
With Montana on tap to receive around $600 million in federal stimulus dollars, a nonprofit Bozeman policy watchdog is asking lawmakers to pledge that one-time federal stimulus dol[...]