Changes in the U.S. and Montana’s economy have been good for Bozeman—maybe too good as we deal with increasing traffic, real estate prices, and changing neighborhoods. Montana is a large state, however, and what has been good for Bozeman has not benefited all of Montana’s communities. The good news-bad news stories create a variety of challenges for local and state leaders, including how we approach tax policy and economic development.
Since 2001, Montana added more than 100,000 new jobs and, on average, we’re better off. Montanans’ wages (or earnings per job) increased more than four times as fast as the […]
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