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A lot more recruiters are hiring tech workers from nonacademic backgrounds

Almost 40% of people who are hiring for positions in tech this year said they regularly recruit developers from nonacademic backgrounds, up significantly from 23% in 2021.

Great Falls Economic Development Top 10 for 1-9-22

1) 23 companies announced projects either starting or opening in 2022! We heard from military, education, healthcare, manufacturing, food and ag process, distilleries (yep two of them!), and more. 2022 is going to be a great year for Great Falls. You can view the entire Ignite presentation here. See Great Falls Tribune story and KRTV.

Corporations Are Consolidating Water and Land Rights in the West

With farms, ranches and rural communities facing unprecedented threats, a worrying trend leads to a critical question: Who owns the water?

Montana hospitals recruit international nurses to fill pandemic shortages

More than 90% of Avant’s international nurses choose to stay in their new communities, Hudson said, but Billings Clinic hopes to better that mark. Welcoming them to the city will be critical, said Sara Agostinelli, the clinic’s director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. She has even offered winter driving lessons.

As part of the US’s new aid package, 7 major utility companies including Northwestern Energy have pledged not to o cut off service to customers who ask for help.

According to the Labor Department’s consumer price index, electricity and natural gas prices are about 11 percent higher than they were a year ago. Meanwhile, according to the Energy Information Administration, residential heating oil prices are up 40% from a year ago.

A regional economic development strategy and why commercial real estate should care

The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act currently under consideration by Congress authorizes the EDA to receive approximately an additional $10 billion in future years for projects, including regional technology hubs.

A Hertz Lawyer Just Said 6 Words the Company Should Hope Its Customers Never Hear

Don’t let anyone who represents you talk like this.

Viewpoint: Protect Montana small businesses

Currently, big box stores are lobbying for proposals in Congress that will bolster their bottom line at the expense of small businesses.

Stone Glacier outdoor company in Bozeman sells to national brand

For the third year in a row, Stone Glacier was named as one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. and the fastest growing in Montana in 2021 by Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 list.

I do not believe the FCC’s current speed benchmark for broadband, 25 megabits per second download and 3 megabits per second upload, is adequate.” Jessica Rosenworcel FCC Chairwoman

We need to set audacious goals if we want to do
big things.

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