Gianforte office controls an unrestricted interest fund worth $86 million, and counting

Credit: Thom Bridge

Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s budget office is home to tens of millions of dollars in unrestricted money that is continuously accumulating, some of which has already been spent on a smattering of projects. Kila Republican Sen. Carl Glimm, a member of the Senate Finance and Claims Committee, called it a “slush fund.”