MONTANA

"Lowering Montana’s top individual income-tax rate of 11 percent to 6.9 percent should elevate Montana from 38th to 30th place in the important Small Business Survival Committee rankings, Gibson estimated."

Tom McKenna was only a boy when astronaut John Glenn made the nation’s first manned orbit around the earth in 1962, but it left a lasting impression. By WALT WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Now McKenna,…

"If you could get women business leaders in front of girls to talk about the skills they use to make them successful, then I’d bet you’d find a lot of girls who would say, ‘I’ve got that. That’s me, too.’ "

The following television shows appearing on Montana Public Television stations have been made in Montana or are about Montana. The programs are arranged by date of first airing: Miles City and The Bucking Horse Sale:…

"We decided that we don’t have enough leaders," Tom Scott said. "We have lots of potential leaders, but many of them don’t have the skills and training for effective leadership." "In Montana, we spend too much time bickering about dividing up a shrinking pie," Don Sterhan said. One key to expanding the state’s economy is to do a better job of informing and educating people, he said."

"Clustering," the buzz word of this year’s Montana Economic Development Summit, describes competing businesses that locate near each other to take advantage of assets, such as trained labor pools and abundant suppliers… The six predominant clusters are: wood-based products, including pulp and paper; agri-food processing; experience enterprises (guided outdoor recreation) and tourism; creative enterprises (artists and artisans); life sciences (human and agricultural applications); and information technology."

Montana Jobs Network has been awarded $5,000 through the Qwest / MEDA (Montana Economic Developers Association) Building A Better Economy Grant for the Come Home project. Montana Jobs Network is a non-profit Internet based talent…

"The state’s chief business officer, Dave Gibson, is elated over the recent legislative session’s passage of key bills he believes will help spur Montana’s economy."

To an outside observer, it might have seemed like a trading card swap. For David Dodd, it represented the necessary next step in getting Montana’s economy growing. By JIM GRANSBERY Of The Gazette Staff Thursday…