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Montana’s teacher shortage starting to affect bigger districts

“A city of our size, we couldn’t fill two positions? I’ve not seen this before,” said Billings superintendent Greg Upham, a longtime Montana educator.

Taxing Online Sales Won’t Save Cities From the Retail Apocalypse

It’s unlikely that cities will see much of it.

How We Can Put Civility Back into Civic Engagement

Katherina Rosqueta and Conor Carroll from Penn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy and Harris Sokoloff from Penn’s Graduate School of Education discuss a new guide to strengthening democracy.

Woman killed by feral hogs: ‘One of the worst things I’ve ever seen’ – The “Virus” is headed to Montana

He said Rollins had a severe head wound and several other injuries consistent with different sized bites indicating multiple animals were involved.

Bill to overhaul Wyoming net metering rule fails after massive public pushback

“At my age of 70, I don’t think it will impact my generation much, but my grandchildren probably will,”

University of Montana Professor Heather Cahoon working to help tribal governments – ‘Broken Promises’ Report Details Government’s History of Failing Tribes

Tribes don’t have the equivalent of a state-funded Legislative Services Division.

‘Broken Promises’ Report Details Government’s History of Failing Tribes – University of Montana Professor Heather Cahoon working to help tribal governments

…decades of underfunding, poor data collection and lack of coordination – and its authors say little has changed since their first report 15 years ago.

Montana legislators hear that preschool makes a world of difference for kids entering kindergarten.

Whittier and Hyalite Elementary are the only public schools in Bozeman to offer full-day preschool.

Montana Association of Counties News: November 2019

We are MACo and we are the voice of Montana’s 56 counties.

MTFP coordinating statewide reporting project on aging in Montana

The state’s median age, according to U.S. Census data, is 39.8 years, making Montana the 10th oldest state in the nation, and the oldest in the western U.S. stories.

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