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Montana’s Self-Inflicted Budget Crunch
"...Our leaders in Helena need to be evaluating whether our savings rate is evidence-based and whether we are collecting more than we really need from taxpayers." Montana’s latest quarterly financial report…
How much is too much? An analysis of property tax revenue growth in the state’s most populous counties
As property tax bills have risen rapidly across the state, property tax reform has moved to the forefront at the General Assembly. Among the policy options under consideration are levy limits, which restrict the annual growth…
Montana Schools Say They Need $100 Million More. The Full Story Is Complicated
"But is the level of facility funding really the problem for our school districts? There’s at least some evidence to say: not exactly." The following has been adapted from an excerpt of the Frontier Weekly…
Stein announces top spending priorities before the fiscal year ends
Last year, North Carolina was the only state expected to pass a budget that failed to do so. In fact, the General Assembly never even sent a budget proposal to Gov. Josh Stein’s desk. One of the most contentious issues during…
New Moody’s Rating
"Every dollar above what's needed for sound fiscal management is a dollar collected from Montana families and not returned. That’s not conservative governance — it's overcollection." The following has been…
North Carolina Medicaid after the OBBB: Policy prescriptions
In a previous article, I documented how total Medicaid expenditures in North Carolina surged from $18.14 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2021 to $35.77 billion in FY 2025 — a staggering 97.2 percent increase in just four years.…
A Conval response: The state funds academics, districts fund supports
“Whatever the State identifies as comprising constitutional adequacy it must pay for.” — N.H. Supreme Court, Londonderry School District SAU #12 v. State of New Hampshire, 2006 Since the state lost its first Claremont…
Beware of Sales Tax Proposals That Grow Government
"The only way Montana should ever enact a statewide sales tax is to be used solely to replace existing taxes. No sales tax unless our property or income taxes are eliminated. No using sales tax revenues to grow…
Should Government Cap Credit Card Interest Rates?
Watch for the episode to go live here on Tuesday, February 17th at 3:00 PM MST. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXOjkrfhtHw This month’s Frontier Briefing features a conversation with Grover Norquist, President of Americans…
Not all property tax levy limits are created equal
As the debate in North Carolina over how best to address property tax reform unfolds, levy limits are likely to take center stage as a viable policy option. Levy limits restrict the annual growth of total property tax…
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