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…
Tag: budget
Maryland Democrats Look To Raid Green Energy Fund To Balance Ballooning Budget
Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore hopes to raid millions from a green program to offset the state’s budget woes.Moore’s 2027 budget proposal would transfer roughly $300 million from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund…
Supplemental Budget Proposals Include an Income Tax, a Pension Raid, and More Spending
With the legislative session deadline of March 12 less than three weeks away, House Appropriations Committee Chair Timm Ormsby (D-Spokane) and Senate Ways & Means Committee Chair June Robinson (D-Everett) released their…
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…
Should Government Cap Credit Card Interest Rates?
"Instead of intervening in the marketplace, policymakers wanting to address affordability should focus on getting government out of the way by restraining spending that drives inflation and cutting costly regulations…
Seven Things You Need to Know About the Governor’s Budget Proposal
Governor Ferguson's Proposed 2026 Supplemental Budget1. Recommends a 9.9% Income Tax The governor's proposed 9.9% tax on income over $1 million (revenues starting 2029) is the most contentious part of the plan.In…
Newsom confronts California’s $18B budget ‘disaster’
Annie Gaus writes for the New York Post about the California governor’s latest predicament. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is waking up to a $18 billion budget hangover — and fixing it won’t be pretty.After years of surpluses,…
Teacher walkout is wrong — so is not passing a state budget
According to news reports teachers at more than 50 North Carolina schools walked out from their schools in protest over working conditions and the legislature’s failure to pass a budget and improving funding for education and…
What happens when you build a state budget on the most volatile tax sources?
Governor Bob Ferguson is pushing a 9.9% income tax on high earners to "rebalance" Washington's tax system. The Spokesman-Review's recent coverage discussed whether history might repeat itself, noting that…
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