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Philadelphia turns to virtual calls to optimize building inspections

The city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections launched a virtual app for staff to perform remote building inspections with customers including contractors, permit holders, property owners and licensees, city officials announced last week.

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New Research Suggests 2025’s Hiring Freeze Is About to Start Thawing—and Fast

A majority of hiring managers expect to recruit new workers over the next year, and a third of them are looking for entry-level employees.

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Every New Mexico family will soon have free child care

Parents in New Mexico will no longer have to pay for child care starting next week, regardless of their income, making the Land of Enchantment the first state in the nation to offer free universal child care. Janet Shamlian reports.

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Have a research idea? We want to hear from YOU! Montana Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research

We’re interested in projects that are statewide in scope or offer a local case study with lessons that others across Montana can learn from, whether that’s through successes, challenges, or innovative approaches.

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The Montana Associated Technology Roundtable (MATR) is dedicated to fostering economic growth and innovation in Montana and the Inland Northwest Region. Our mission is to provide valuable information, events, and career opportunities to entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals, while showcasing Montana’s potential to the world.

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Artificial Intelligence of a Thousand Faces

Hundreds of millions of people use it. Trillions of dollars fuel it. In 2025, the conversation around AI turned from what it could be to what it is: Large language models are now everywhere, in our schools and our homes, on therapist couches and government computers. We feed it our data, and tell it our secrets.

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Big Ideas in Small-Town Makerspaces

Common spaces for creative and entrepreneurial community members can serve as great idea and business incubators for rural America.

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Bringing trains back: Rail’s surprising role in a sustainable future

The prestigious science journal Nature is also now arguing for a global rail revival – not as a nostalgic nod to the past, but as a pragmatic cornerstone of climate strategy.

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Reclaiming Local Future Through the Trades

Many non-profits across rural America focus their efforts on developing programs designed to introduce, train, and retain new generations of workers in trades. To make it compelling, they want to address communities’ needs beyond the worker shortages.

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Montana business leaders see potential for manufacturing hub in Flathead Valley

“We do have an incredible opportunity in front of us,” said Clay Binford, chief of people and development at Nomad GCS, which sponsored the Oct. 21 luncheon at Flathead Valley Community College. “Imagine the Flathead Valley being not known just for its beauty … but for breakthrough, innovative products that we already build here in the Flathead Valley and will continue to build.”

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