A federal judge says a one-time billionaire real estate mogul who's languished for six months in a Montana jail faces a "final opportunity" to come clean about a Mexican property sale during a trial that starts Monday.
As the 2015 legislative session gets underway, the Montana Department of Revenue is weighing-in on a bill that would make public the final sale prices of commercial and residential property.
A real estate investor wants the state of Montana to lower his property taxes by reducing the assessed value of his Flathead Lake island home from $41.8 million to $9.8 million.
On February 27, 2013, The Montana Supreme Court unanimously ruled against Missoula County and for a Missoula couple, Rob and Dawn Braach on the sale of their property.