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State of Strong Towns Address – 1/30 – Online

Momentum for change is building across North America. People from cities big and small have made their streets safer, revitalized their economies and made housing more affordable. There’s never been a better time to get involved with the Strong Towns movement. Learn more about where the movement stands, how it got here and what lies ahead in 2025.

Your State Needs an Office of Entrepreneurship

It’s just too hard to start a new business. These offices can do a lot to eliminate governmental red tape and remove other barriers to our engines of job creation and economic growth.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte targets education, taxes and energy policy in State of the State address

The income tax cut Gianforte proposed would extend his prior income tax reductions by lowering the state’s top-bracket rate from 5.9% to 4.9% and modestly expand a tax credit benefiting lower-income working families. According to the Legislative Fiscal Division, the top-bracket rate cut would reduce state tax collections by about $350 million a year and the tax credit for lower-wage earners would reduce their taxes by about $20 million a year.

How Religious Schools Became a Billion-Dollar Drain on Public Education

A nationwide movement has funnelled taxpayer money to private institutions, eroding the separation between church and state.

Ignite Great Falls: big east-side development, restaurant updates

More than two dozen speakers from businesses and organizations gave updates on their growth and expansion. A few highlights included some exciting upcoming construction projects.

GFDA Top Ten for 1-12-25

Ted Mitchell of Great Falls based Mitchell Development & Investments announced a major 100-acre mixed use retail, dining, hospitality, office and residential development to be constructed on 57th Street on the east side of Great Falls.

Your Questions About Montana Renewables, (Partly) Answered

As of the morning of January 11, two of our readers wanted to know what feedstocks are going into the company’s formula for sustainable aviation fuel. I read the press release, and I had the same question, too.

Like It Or Not, Self-Driving Semi-Trucks Are Inevitable; Bozeman, Montana Company, Aurora, Leading The Way

“From early on, we knew Montana’s photonics leadership would be invaluable for bringing safe, scalable self-driving technology to the world,” said Chris Urmson, co-founder and CEO at Aurora

Artificial Intelligence could change Montana’s economy – Video

The Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research has been forecasting the state’s financial outlook for the past 50 years.

Highlands College receives $5.75 million to implement broadband training program

The program will run four years and aims to train 280 broadband workers with commercial driver’s license (CDL), heavy equipment, splicing, safety, professional skills, flagging, and rigging certifications.

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