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Housing advocates press Montana state lawmakers for affordability measures

The measures they recommended included supporting Tax Increment Financing districts and giving mobile-home residents more opportunity to purchase their properties.

Montana businesses look to hire ‘untapped workers’

“It’s no surprise the biggest issue for businesses right now is lack of workforce,” said Laura Gardner, Job Service Kalispell Supervisor, at a Kalispell Chamber of Commerce luncheon on March 15.

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Yellowstone Fiber Montana Open Access Project Underway

The company, which was called Bozeman Fiber when the project started, is laying conduit and preparing to install fiber. The three-year plan is to offer service to every address in Bozeman and extend the network deeper into Gallatin County.

Check Out the Line-Up of Incredible Speakers for the Rise & Restore Small Business Summit – 4/14 – Billings, Montana

New and existing small business owners will be inspired and enlightened at this one day conference jampacked with breakout sessions and panel discussions from local small business experts, tours of local manufacturing facilities, and a viewing of Edge of the Plains – a gripping documentary about small-town Montana entrepreneurs!

Should States Fund Municipal Broadband and Cooperatives?

Municipal broadband is booming, growing 600 percent since 2018. These alternatives to private-sector Internet service promise better access and affordability to communities. But are they really cost-effective?

Billings, Montana-based Elation offers neuroscience-based approach to curb worker burnout

20% of public health officers in Montana left their jobs during the pandemic, largely because of the way they were being treated.

SpaceX Starlink internet service gets more reliable, and mobile

Starlink is becoming an increasingly viable alternative to incumbent providers in rural areas — if you don’t mind waiting on the list until 2023, and if you can stomach the cost of the Starlink dish and wireless router, which just went up by $100 to $599, along with an $11 increase in the service fee, to $110/month.

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‘If We Don’t Find Ways To Deal Effectively With Data, The Cost To The Planet Could Be Huge’: Why CIOs Are Making Sustainable IT A Top Priority

There are other obvious steps tech teams can take to boost sustainability, such as embracing programs that cut electronic waste. There’s a less obvious one, too—and it’s the other reason CIOs are now playing a more central role in sustainability discussions.

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