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Montana launches eStop portal to simplify business licensing

The eStop portal allows business owners to apply for, renew and manage various licenses online through a single account. This eliminates the need to visit multiple state agency offices or websites.

Trump Administration Doubles Down on Pulling Investment Away from Rural Internet Access

The Department of Commerce has implemented yet more changes to the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program that will make internet access even harder for rural Americans.

How Universal Child Care Could Change the Economy

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, has proposed no-cost, universal child care, helping to reignite a national conversation.

Montanans at Work Tour Brings Jobs and Resources to Communities Statewide

State leaders want local employers, workforce professionals, and everyday Montanans to sit down together and talk about what’s working, what isn’t, and what we need to move forward.

Rising current: America’s growing electricity demand

Our analysis shows that U.S. electricity demand is expected to grow by 25% by 2030 and by 78% by 2050, compared to 2023. All of this demand growth has significant implications for the reliability and affordability of electricity. For residential customers, electricity rates could increase by 15% to 40% by 2030, depending on the market. By 2050, some rates might even double.

Vanishing Public Record Makes Enterprise Data a Strategic Asset

While data manipulation is a timeless tale in politics, this year the U.S. government accelerated efforts to manipulate publicly accessible data. Even seemingly nonpolitical and innocuous data, such as climate and weather records, economic indicators and scientific research, were scrubbed or tilted toward one bias or another. This is a much bigger problem than some may realize.

Wyoming Business Council Proposes a Transformational Vision for Wyoming’s Future  

“Wyoming’s economy is in long-term decline. Whether you look at the drop in GDP post 2008, or whether you look at the number of people who are born in Wyoming and leave at a rate that’s twice the national average… Those are not good economic indicators. Our kids can read these graphs, and they’re saying, ‘Mom and Dad, you’re going to have to come visit me somewhere else, ’” said Josh Dorrell, WBC CEO.

New Mexico to become the first state to offer universal child care

The program may offer a blueprint for other states on an issue that was prominent during the 2024 campaign.

September 2025 Montana Manufacturing News

Manufacturing Success Story:
Montana Truck Company Strengthens In-house Capabililties Through Training Partnership

How to network so you’re impossible to ignore – HVN SAVE THE DATE: September 18th

Think of every person you meet not as a contact, but as a star. A single star is just a point of light. But connect a few and have a constellation. Connect enough, and you have a galaxy that can change your life.