Due to a projected shortfall in the state gas tax fund, Governor Steve Bullock has responded by proposing a cut in funding and personnel in the Montana Highway Patrol.
This week, Homeland Security announced in a letter to Montana Governor Steve Bullock rejecting his request to continue delaying the implementation of the Real ID act, passed in 2005.
By law, Montana is obligated to have a balanced budget, but to have a budget that fits revenue can be tricky, and it requires the state to make fairly accurate revenue projections.
Missing emails from when Steve Bullock was attorney general have surfaced, reigniting a controversy that could eventually involve the Montana legislature.
When Governor Steve Bullock said recently the official emails from his time as Montana's Attorney General no longer exist, some are now surfacing, and at least one state official is considering an investigation that could involve the upcoming legislative session.
When a door closes, often a window opens for new opportunities. That's what happened when Glaxxo-Smith-Kline Vaccines in Hamilton announced the closure of their research division in 2015.
Emails are popping up as a political issue, not only in Washington DC, but right here in Montana. Montana Governor Steve Bullock and other administrative staff from his prior work as Montana Attorney General are missing years of emails that were supposed to be saved for public records under Montana law.
Montana Governor Steve Bullock appeared at the new site of the Missoula College on Wednesday to tout the state's growing economy and its partnerships to grow local and regional businesses.