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What exactly is in the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Act passed by Congress? Montana may get as much as $2.7 billion

The bill contains many provisions that may have down-stream benefits for small businesses. Those include:

Coronavirus relief measure could net you $50 toward your broadband bill, help erase the digital divide

A new bill, The Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, set to be introduced Thursday in the U.S. House and Senate, devotes more than $94 billion to connect currently unserved and underserved communities with affordable high-speed internet access.

Where Have All the Metropolitan Statistical Areas Gone?

Officials in some of the cities included in the list of 144 are expressing concern that the change would affect federal funding for programs tied to MSA designation, like housing, transportation, and Medicare reimbursement programs, and create more competition for funding devoted to rural locations.

COVID-19 exposed rampant loneliness in America. Can housing design combat it?

Inspired by his work as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital, architect Andreas Tjeldflaat developed a housing design concept that fosters social interaction.

Montana joins 11 red states in suing Biden over Green New Deal emissions costs

“The power to regulate is the power to destroy, and our Constitution does not vest in the president the unilateral authority to regulate virtually every aspect of the American economy,” the states say in their complaint.

Pat LaPointe of Frontier Angel Investors says Montana Governor’s business-startup tax incentive needs more incentives to attract capital

“Every single state in the country is doing something to try to attract better business startups,” Pat LaPointe of Frontier Angels told MTN News in a recent interview. “We need to stimulate the (startup) ecosystem, and stimulating the ecosystem means we need to make sure there are investors who are properly incented to want to put money into Montana companies.”

Montana looks at next steps for Colstrip

Transmission, renewables a hope; others look to coal

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 3-7-21

“No matter how long you’ve been open or how big your company is, you will learn something valuable from this course,” John Chapman, owner of Tacticality Workwear in Great Falls. Contact Jason to learn more about scheduling a workshop, [email protected].

The US Needs 100 Mbps Broadband To Keep Up with Modern-Day Tech

“We must learn from our experience during the pandemic and raise federal standards for new broadband service to require low latency, high reliability, and speeds that meet our expected 21st century needs.”

Proposed law could force ISPs to stop hiding true size of monthly bills

“ISPs are notorious for keeping customers in the dark,” bill supporter says.

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