Funding and Building your Montana Business

Montana sheds more than 5,000 jobs in September – first job loss since 2020

Montana lost 5,300 jobs in the past year, reflecting broader national shifts. The state may find new opportunities if manufacturing investments like those in South Carolina arrive.

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Montana Launches $8.5 Million Grants to Boost Childcare Services

Montana’s Early Childhood Account is awarding grants to support childcare providers with workforce training and expanding infant care. Providers will use funds for staff raises, equipment, and facility upgrades to improve service availability statewide.

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TEDx event at Montana State University set for Nov. 4

The Associated Students of Montana State University will host its sixth annual TEDxMontanaStateUniversity event on Wednesday, Nov. 4. The event will be held in Norm Asbjornson Hall’s Inspiration Hall from 7 to 9 p.m….

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Forest Business News – Building History: The New Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library

I encourage you to make your way to Medora and see for yourself. I believe you’ll be as moved and renewed by Roosevelt’s legacy and work as I was, and you’ll tour a truly exceptional mass timber building while at it. The North Dakota Badlands will be the icing on the cake.

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Manufacturing extension at Montana State awarded $840,000 to enable the center to continue assisting manufacturers across the state

MSU’s MMEC helps Montana manufacturers improve productivity, develop their workforces, strengthen their competitiveness and adopt new technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics and 3D printing.

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