Wyoming and Montana make the top five in Tax Foundation’s 2024 State Business Tax Climate Index
Taxes are one of the ways states compete with each other in our federalist system.
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THE BLOG
Jason Mercier
- Oct 23
- 3 min
Protect taxpayers by putting supermajority for tax increase requirements in state constitution
Sending voters a supermajority for tax increases constitutional amendment is a prudent thing for policymakers to do.
Chris Cargill
- Oct 19
- 2 min
The troubling education data - and the overwhelming support for change
It's difficult to find much good news about the direction of K-12 public education.
Jason Mercier
- Oct 17
- 3 min
MSPC joins national brief encouraging SCOTUS review of WA’s capital gains tax
A decision by SCOTUS on whether to accept the case is expected sometime this winter.
Jason Mercier
- Oct 16
- 3 min
Do you know who you are paying taxes to? A tax transparency website would help
We are hopeful that policymakers in the Mountain States will remove the mystery surrounding taxation by adopting a tax transparency website.
Jason Mercier
- Oct 11
- 7 min
Details on Montana’s legislative process and how citizens can participate
How do the legislatures in the Mountain States work? To answer this question, we checked with legislative officials in each state.
Jason Mercier
- Oct 7
- 1 min
Carson, Strassel pack house for MSPC’s inaugural Boise dinner
More than 500 packed the Boise Centre on Friday night at Mountain States Policy Center’s first annual Boise dinner.
Sean V. O'Brien
- Oct 5
- 3 min
U.S. House-passed forestry bill a win for local communities, government transparency
It is incumbent upon federal agencies to provide the most accurate and honest information regarding this work.
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