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Montana Commerce Department Awards $730,000 in Business Development Funds to Create 99 New Jobs for Montanans

The two competitive reimbursement grant programs support long-term, sustainable business growth by encouraging the creation of good-paying jobs and training workers to fill new jobs.

Redrawing Montana’s District Lines for a Second Congressional Seat

For the first time in three decades, Montana is poised to gain a second seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, doubling its political representation in Congress and setting the stage for a historic political showdown

Big Sky Town Hall with Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

A discussion with Brian Schweitzer, former Montana Governor, on energy, technology and American politics.

Montana’s energy grid to be subject of legislative study

The goal of the study is to understand the future generation resources that will be necessary to deliver energy that’s affordable, reliable, clean, and resilient for the quality of life in Montana and for a well-functioning economy.

Austin Casts a Controversial Vote on Public Camping as the City Faces Growing Pains

Voters in Austin voted to reinstate a ban on public camping, taking steps to criminalize homelessness before the State Legislature could.

Teacher Salaries Are Increasing. See How Your State Compares

The average teacher in America is starting to get paid more, but the economic downturn caused by the pandemic could jeopardize any progress made, the largest national teachers’ union has warned.

Powder River Basin (Montana and Wyoming) Awarded DOE Grant to Stimulate New Resource Development Around the Nation’s Largest Coal Mines.

To provide an economic benefit to the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana

In Quebec, Child Care Is Infrastructure

Canada announced its intentions to create a national child care system and to “learn from the model that already exists in Quebec.”

The Fed helped fuel a stock market boom that benefited wealthy Americans — and left behind everyone else

Low-interest policies helped stabilize the economy, but they also set off a multitrillion-dollar run-up in markets, which overwhelmingly benefited the richest 10 percent of Americans

D.C. is working on a futuristic plan: Less parking, taller buildings and a transformed city

If the vision is carried out, it could turn D.C. into a place where fewer people drive cars, more pavement used for parking shifts to outdoor restaurant seating, and some people even pay a toll to drive downtown. The plan envisions a city where Metro stations are public gathering places, apartment buildings have stoops where people congregate, and taller buildings abut older single-family houses.

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