The Montana Department of Revenue reminds taxpayers that individual income tax returns are due April 17 at midnight. With two weeks until the filing deadline, the department has processed about 310,000 returns and issued about 241,000 refunds totaling about $110.3 million. The average refund amount is $460.

HELENA—State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen and Office of Public Instruction (OPI) staff received initial feedback from the U.S. Department of Education (Department) today on Montana’s proposed education plan under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.