Articles with the Tag: Montana Free Press
Audit dings commerce department’s tracking of tourism grant impacts
MONTANA — The Montana Department of Commerce spends millions in bed-tax revenues each year to promote the state as a tourism destination for out-of-state visitors and to support tourism-related infrastructure in Montana. A legislative audit of the department’s 2017 fiscal year presented ...
Hutterite-commissioned study says communities’ add 2,200 jobs to state economy
MONTANA — An economic study commissioned by a law firm representing Montana’s Lehrerleut Hutterite communities has concluded that the religious group’s collective business operations contribute $365.3 million annually to the Montana economy. The study, billed as the first of its ki...
