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Forget the Billionaires Tax, 5 Ways Biden’s Budget Might Actually Help Spur Small Business

President Joe Biden’s budget requests a record sum for the Small Business Administration. Here are some of the ways your business could benefit.

Partnerships With Electric Utilities Can Help Expand Broadband Access

How investor-owned utilities provide infrastructure to bring high-speed internet to rural America

Smarter Planning for Rural Communities

Many rural communities face growing demographic and economic challenges. Smart planning can help anticipate and respond to these problems, allowing communities to take control of their destinies.

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?

10 Essential Things to Do When Starting Your First Business

Successful founders weigh in on the issues you need to think about–and the ones everyone forgets to–when you’re getting ready to launch.

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.

Move over Greater Idaho movement, the State of Jefferson is stepping back into secession spotlight

Move Oregon’s Border for a Greater Idaho, the effort to flip most of rural Oregon into the Gem State, has received a lot of attention the past couple of years. But a truer — and…

War-Fueled Global Hunger Catastrophe On The Way With Solutions Tough To Come By

Disrupted exports, drought, refugees to feed and record-high fertilizer prices conspire to spread food insecurity worldwide.

The secret to women’s leadership that can drive such a positive impact

We found that by driving more engaged employees, women leaders save their organizations $1.43 million for every 1,000 employees.