MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

From Building Backyard Cottages to Banning Airbnbs: A Housing Q&A

On this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck Marohn answers housing questions submitted by Ohio State University students. The questions cover the history of the housing market, as well as backyard cottages, alternative housing arrangements, and housing finance.

Steve Rattner: Corporate profits grow faster than incomes

Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner joins Morning Joe to discuss the performance of the stock market over the past two years, why higher stock prices don’t benefit all Americans and how corporate profits have grown faster than incomes.

‘We need to act now’: Push for industrial development zoning in eastern Montana intensifies

Arnston also believes wind turbines pose an imminent threat to people’s safety.

New report gives Montana mediocre to poor grades on infrastructure

The report, compiled by the Montana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ranked Montana in 14 categories.

Paris is replacing 60,000 parking spaces with trees

‘Our motto is, imagine that every parked car is a tree.’

Mother Nature will continue to limit growth in Montana and the West

“For there is not sufficient water to supply the land.” – John Wesley Powell, 1893

Why Income Inequality in America Is Hurting Collective Happiness

Research from Wharton’s Matt Killingsworth finds that raising the incomes of the lowest earners can help increase happiness across society.

Rural Montana communities invited to participate in Reimagining Rural series 2/4,11,18 – Zoom

The program is free, but communities must apply. To apply and learn more, visit http://www.montana.edu/extension/communitydevelopment/reimagine-rural.html.

CBS Sunday Morning – Trump’s tariffs: A tax on American consumers

It’s American consumers who would actually be opening their wallets to pay for tariffs. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Dartmouth economics professor Doug Irwin about the unintended consequences from such trade barriers.

A look at how tariffs, deportations and more of Trump’s proposals could affect housing costs

Policy experts, researchers and economic analysts are looking at Trump’s record, his recent remarks on housing, and Project 2025 – the conservative Heritage Foundation’s 900-page plan to overhaul the executive branch – for a glimpse of what may lie ahead.

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