Patrick Barkey

There was a $224 million shortfall in the Montana budget in 2017, enough to force a special session of the legislature, but where did all the tax monies go to bring the problem about?

A study by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research details the economic impact of the proposed Riverfront Triangle Development project in downtown Missoula.

At the State of Missoula event this week, the discussion of local taxes was conducted by Patrick Barkey, Director of the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

The former director of the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Paul Polzin, recently received a national award from the Association for University Business and Economic Research.

The 39th annual Montana Economic Outlook Seminar will hit the road starting January 28 in Helena, featuring guest speaker Greg Gianforte , founder of RightNow Technologies.

The west is back. That's the headline from University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research Director Patrick Barkey.

Paul Polzin and Patrick Barkey of the University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research will be traveling around Montana during the first week of August to discuss the projected decline of federal funds into the state and to discuss whether or not the bureau's economic predi…

Starting Wednesday and continuing through Saturday night, hundreds and perhaps thousands of fans, families and officials will descend on Missoula for the combined men's and women's Big Sky Conference basketball tournaments.

Montana's economy improved significantly in 2012, and 2013's forecast is hopeful as well, except for another fiscal cliff that looms in the near future.

One way or the other, the Montana Grizzly football season will come to a close on Saturday with the 112th 'Brawl of the Wild' with the MSU Bobcats.
Up until 2010, the Grizzlies had made the FCS playoffs for 19 straight years, many of which included at least one home game...