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Can’t Afford a House? Buy a Piece of One Instead

In a chaotic housing market that has shut many buyers out, fractional home ownership and investing trends are taking off.

‘Design for a Radically Changing World’

14,000 workers in nine countries were asked about the workplace experiences they like best. Having an office modeled after a coffee shop was among the top three choices in every nation and came out first in several, including the U.S.

Tourists Spent Nearly $5.5 Billion in Montana Last Year

Report shows nonresident spending had a higher direct impact to the local economy than in previous years despite dip in dollars

States explore new incentives to lower the cost of EVs

Washington state became the latest state to roll out rebates for buying or leasing EVs this week, but other states are offering incentives to knock thousands of dollars off the cost of the vehicles, too.

More public colleges admit high schoolers (9th Graders!) even before they’ve applied

Direct admissions programs are likely to grow in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing race-based admissions.

Re-MOO-able energy: Brookings facility using natural gas from cattle manure is first of several planned by Northwestern Energy

“We’re planning to add about five more of these projects by 2025, allowing us to serve about two-thirds of our South Dakota customers,” said NorthWestern Energy CEO Brian Bird.

Montana Economic Developers Association 2024 Spring Conference – 4/23-25 – Red Lodge

We are excited to the host the MEDA Spring Conference in Red Lodge, Montana from April 23rd – 25th.

Global Heating Will Cost The World Economy $38 Trillion — A Year!

There is an apocryphal story of two members of Congress who have just finished listening to a scientist explain something to their committee. When the presentation was over, one turned to the other and asked, “Did you understand any of that?” The other one said, “Nope, not a word of it.” So the information the scientist wanted to share with them never got acted on because no one understood it. To quote the Captain in the movie Cool Hand Luke, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.”

45% of China’s urban land is rapidly sinking due to manmade development

It’s a grave warning for a nation that has rapidly urbanized like nowhere else on the planet.

CBS Sunday Morning Video – It’s About Ice. – Photographer James Balog on documenting climate change: “Adventure with a purpose”

Photographer James Balog has become one of the foremost chroniclers of human-caused climate change, as his cameras have tracked the dramatic effects – vanishing ice, rising seas, fires, and the toll climate change is taking on all living things. He tells correspondent Ben Tracy that his photos are his testimony, a record of our past and present, and a message for the future.

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