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Printing for Less – The Importance of Sustainability in Printing

With sustainability becoming an increasingly important goal in the face of resource depletion and climate change, key players in the printing industry, including us at Printing for Less, must look at the big picture. Taking a step back in order to reduce ecological footprints today will only benefit printing businesses and the world at large in the future.

Emails show state grappling with Governor Gianforte’s ‘Come Home Montana’ blowback

Commerce department staff discussed affordability concerns, diversity criticism of governor’s signature economic development effort.

John Oliver discusses the water shortage in the American west, how it’s already impacting the people who live there, and what God has to say about it.

“That’s just unsustainable”
“That’s just human nature”
That’s the whole problem

The other cancel culture: How a public university (Boise State) is bowing to a conservative crusade

“I really lost a lot of faith in Boise State,” she said. “It was more important for the university to cope with whatever the Legislature wanted than to advocate for students. I feel more like a liability than a part of the community.”

New Software Helps Navigate Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Opportunities and Deadlines

A Consulting firm released a navigator to help local governments and the private sector find resources and major milestones for infrastructure funding.

PCMag Fastest ISPs 2022: Municipal Broadband and Local ISPs Outperform Major ISPs Once Again

Not one of 10 fastest networks in the nation are owned or operated by the major national ISPs, many of whom have embarked on an aggressive lobbying campaign to misinform public officials in particular and the public in general on the viability and successes of municipal broadband and local partnerships.

Impact of flooding in southern Montana: We need your story!

The Minneapolis Fed is responsible for tracking current business conditions in the Ninth District, a region that includes Montana. We are partnering with local organizations in Montana to reach businesses located in or near impacted areas. As a group, we are undertaking this effort to better understand and communicate the impact of the floods on businesses and their communities across southern Montana.

‘Biblical’ swarms of cannibalistic insects in the West spark a push to fight back

Farmers and government officials are battling an explosion of cannibalistic insects ravaging crops from Montana to Nevada in an effort save livelihoods and land.

Montana’s Draft Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan Now Available for Public Comment

The draft plan describes Montana’s strategy, vision and goals for spending Montana’s $43 million allocation of federal funds over the next five years under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula (NEVI) Program.

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