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Lagging rural census response could cost Montana second U.S. House seat

Montana’s response rate is 9 percentage points behind the nation as a whole, which is huge.

Tester to Treasury: Montana Craft Alcohol Producers ‘need our help to keep serving up pints’

Senator urges Secretary Mnuchin to defer federal excise tax deadlines on alcohol producers through the end of the year

How Smart Cities Are Reinventing Themselves Post-COVID-19

New smart city strategies comprise smart mobility, short food supply chains, and holistic approaches to social and environmental well-being.

Montana Lawmakers Consider Remote Legislative Session

Senate Majority Leader Fred Thomas, R-Stevensville, said that mask wearing in public settings, which is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control to prevent transmission of the virus, is “a hoax to push government compliance.”

How Northern Ireland Could Provide A Model For Reforming American Policing

It emphasized that “the fundamental purpose of policing should be…the protection and vindication of the human rights of all…. There should be no conflict between human rights and policing. Policing means protecting human rights.”

Is a ‘Broadband Revolution’ Brewing in Rural Mississippi? Electric Co-ops Offering Broadband Services

In January 2019, former Gov. Phil Bryant signed the Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act, removing a 1942 regulation that prevented electric cooperatives from offering anything other than electricity to their members. 

Estonia’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy

Estonia’s efficient, secure, and transparent ecosystem has earned the nation the title of the world’s most advanced digital society.

Does Broadband Access Increase Rural Home Values?

Real estate agents will now have to start including available internet services and costs when they offer a home or office.

Stockton, California Extends its Universal Basic Income Pilot

A pioneering universal basic income pilot in the low-income California city was scheduled to expire soon. But the coronavirus crisis made the case to extend it.

Municipal Broadband Is Roadblocked Or Outlawed In 22 States States without municipal broadband restrictions have lower internet prices on average.

States without restrictions enjoyed higher access to low-priced broadband plans on average. Low-priced access data was taken from active internet plans in our database as of Q2 2020.

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Big Sky EDA- Building Businesses and Creating Jobs in the Greater Billings, Montana area

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