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Montana Senator Jon Tester Announces Legislation to Preserve Funding for 220 Rural Montana Schools After ‘reckless’ Department of Education Decision

Department of Education arbitrary decision to change rural school funding will cause 65 percent drop in eligibility in Montana

Senator: “This change won’t do a thing but hurt Montana kids and rural schools”

Billings Gazette opinion: LGBTQ? Not in our town… moving backwards for the second time.

If we’re not careful, Billings, the NDO isn’t going to stand for non-discrimination ordinance, it will stand for no damn opportunities.

How Social Media Is Elevating Engagement for Local Government

It’s being used in increasingly powerful ways to enhance communications in hundreds of communities, helping to create trust, facilitate transparency, address residents’ concerns and solve problems.

The Census Goes Digital – 3 Things to Know – Imitation Census Survey Reported in Cascade County

Collecting census data online creates new risks to the accuracy and integrity of the information. Here’s what to be aware of.

“The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World”

At a time of anxiety about the effectiveness of our national government, Rahm Emanuel provides a clear vision, for both progressives and centrists, of how to get things done in America today–a bracing, optimistic vision of America’s future from one of our most experienced and original political minds.

Billings, Montana non-discrimination ordinance fails in 7-4 vote

“It’s in the telling of their stories. It’s in the shaking of their voices.”

Montana is #1 in Reliance on Federal Aid.

States that rely heavily on federal grants-in-aid tend to have sizable low-income populations and relatively lower tax revenues.

Friday Flash – Your Update from the Montana Office of Tourism and Business Development

Join us for the Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Recreation in Billings, Montana on April 26-28, 2020.

Economic advisers in north-central Montana gather to network, collaborate

“We are all here to help businesses and to improve Montana’s economy.”

Regional Innovation Strategies making $35 million available

EDA expects to award $26 million for the venture challenge, $5 million for the capital challenge, and $4 million for the industry challenge in this funding cycle.

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