Taxes

While the mayor's request for an emergency levy to fund the operation of a second homeless shelter for the remainder of the year remains on the table, members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday directed city staff to present a menu of other options and provide regular updates on the progress.

Later this month, Missoula home owners and others around the state will receive what they may dread the most – the state's latest appraised value of their property.

With the public's tolerance for urban camping growing thin, city officials on Monday said they're looking at all solutions, but shelter options for the city's homeless population are thin and without them, there isn't much they can do.

A number of departments went before members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday to kick off the annual budgeting process, one that comes with warnings of a tight year in terms of funding.

The outcome of a bill that would direct a portion of Montana's tax revenue from marijuana sales to roadwork remains in limbo after Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed the measure. The language used to justify the veto also has left some elected officials scratching their heads.

If you own property in Montana, taxes can be a bit steep depending. However, it's almost that time of year again, and we have a date you need to know.

The Environmental Protection Agency has asked what additional sampling Montanans want at a local Superfund site but balked at agreeing to many of the proposals offered.

A strong bipartisan majority of the Montana Legislature has passed a bill using marijuana tax revenue to fund Habitat Montana and county road maintenance, but supporters anticipate a governor's veto.

Over the lamentations of a city council member, the Missoula Redevelopment Agency's board of directors on Thursday approved a funding request to remove two blighted houses in the downtown district and replace them with a 26-unit apartment building.

It seems appropriate to be writing this article the same week in history that Prohibition was repealed. An estimated $37 million in tax revenue has been generated so far this year.

According to Jesse Ramos, the Reserve pedestrian bridge was paid for with TIF funding, or Tax Increment Financing. The TIF grand total for development in Urban Renewal District III comes out to roughly $13 million.

Missoula City Council members will get a chance to look at new polling paid for by the City of Missoula this week and the questions may indicate an increase in taxes in the near future.