Montana ends fiscal year with $340 million in the bank
Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Montana ended the fiscal year with nearly $340 million in the bank, making it one of just eight states that don't face a shortfall going into the next fiscal year.
State government is on track to end its budget year on June 30 with a $197.5 million deficit, and that shortfall will promptly be wiped out with a legislature-approved budgetary maneuver, state Comptroller Kevin Lembo announced today.