By Michael Noyes on August 19, 2010
By MICHAEL NOYES Montana dropped eight places Thursday in an annual ranking of the number of days taxpayers must work in each state to pay off their tax obligations. Montana ranks 18th on the Center for Fiscal Accountability’s annual list for 2010. According to the group’s calculations, state residents must work 225.3 days, or until [...]
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By Phil Drake on August 2, 2010
Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he once asked state Revenue Director Dan Bucks if there was a way to collect more tax revenue without raising taxes. On Monday, the governor said Montana had its most successful year ever as audit collections hit $78.3 million in fiscal year 2010. Audit collections have risen from $30 million in [...]
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By Phil Drake on July 30, 2010
BOZEMAN - Michael Noyes, investigative reporter with Montana Watchdog, was on the statewide radio show “Voices of Montana” on Friday, discussing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s speech in Bozeman. Host Aaron Flint and Noyes touched on several highights of the justice’s speech and fielded questions from the public during the hourlong show. Scalia appeared Wednesday [...]
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By Phil Drake on July 30, 2010
By a 2-to-1 margin, voters in Montana disagree with the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to challenge the legality of Arizona’s new immigration law, according to a report released Wednesday. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds 29 percent agree with the decision to challenge the law, but 60 [...]
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By Michael Noyes on July 29, 2010
BY MICHAEL NOYES BOZEMAN – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s back and forth with the audience at the Museum of the Rockies covered more than just legal matters as he touched on topics ranging from poker to fly fishing. (See main story here.) Before beginning his remarks, Scalia noted he was glad to be [...]
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