Let's make some sense of Montana's budget

Let's make some sense of Montana's budget

You no doubt have heard claims that Montana’s budget grew by great amounts and then have also heard that the budget grew by a really tiny percentage–I’m going to try and put a little context to these claims. First of all, you have heard that the budget grew by 17%. Yes, that is true. What’s also true about that number is that it reflects General Fund dollars; these are dollars that the state recei...