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2025 Legislative Briefing: What Montana Businesses Need to Know From Parsons Behle & Latimer Hosted by the Missoula Economic Partnership

Attorneys from Parsons Behle & Latimer provided an indepth analysis of some of the major legislation at the recent Montana session at a forum hosted by the Missoula Economic Partnership.  Here are the slides from that presentation

Mushrooms and Robots: 4 Startups Making Construction Cleaner

Construction, one of the world’s worst-polluting industries, is cleaning up its act—thanks to a raft of young companies.

Employee Stress Is a Business Risk—Not an HR Problem

The consequences of this outdated perspective persist today—not due to a lack of awareness, but because workplace stress is often still treated as peripheral to business strategy rather than as integral to it.

Montana population growth slows, though some hot spots remain

Kalispell, East Helena among fastest-growing cities in the state.

One Small Town’s Special Sauce for Economic Revival

A community foundation chose to take a chance on downtown rebirth.

How to Craft a Memorable Employee Experience to Keep Good Workers From Quitting

The way to fix low employee engagement is to create the right experience for your workers.

Montana Pitch Tank Events – Whitefish 6/5, Billings 6/12, Bozeman 6/26

Our friends at Frontier Angels, Scaling Montana, Two Bear Capital and Rock 31 are sponsoring a happy hour / pitch event for MT based start ups and investors. They would love to see your support- these are free events with food and drinks

When AI Goes Rogue, Quantum Computing, and more! LMG Security

Join Us Live for Cyberside Chats! When AI Goes Rogue: Blackmail, Shutdowns, and the Rise of High-Agency Machines

Recycling forest waste into futuristic plastic

As Dr Carrick put it: “By scaling bio-based plastics made from naturally abundant forestry and agricultural residues, we are presenting a sustainable, scalable, and functional alternative to traditional fossil-based plastics.” The race is now on to get Renol into more hands – and into more products – at industrial scale.

The Economic Benefits of Paying Workers to Move

A new study finds that Tulsa’s effort to lure remote workers with $10,000 has returned four times that investment back into the local economy.