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Why does sports betting contribute to increased crime?

Is the revenue from sports betting worth the increased crime rates? 

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The Data Center Rodeo is Really Ramping Up and Becoming More Financially Dangerous Similar to 2008.

It’s like the Bakkan Oil Fields but on a world wide scale.  “Nvidia is also CoreWeave’s supplier of chips and one of its major investors, meaning CoreWeave is using Nvidia’s money to buy Nvidia’s chips and then renting them right back to Nvidia.”

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2026 Regional Economic Conditions Conference – 1/9 – Online

The conference will also feature presentations and panel discussions with representatives of each state in the Ninth Federal Reserve District, which includes Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

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Rural Montana suffers the most in a state that ranks among the lowest with Internet access.   

70,000 homes and businesses across Montana still need better internet.

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Will We Let Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah Succeed in Selling Off Our National Parks?

“He’s like a car thief who’s going around testing all the doors to see which ones are unlocked and eventually he’s going to steal our outdoor heritage,” Jamison said of Lee’s efforts. “He’s jiggling the door handles and we’ve got to make sure the locks are secure and intact.”

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How Montana’s Printingforless Achieved $28M ARR Using Tactile Marketing Automation

Founded by Andrew Field in 1996, PFL initially launched as the world’s first e-commerce commercial printer and has since evolved into a leader in integrating tangible marketing with digital data-driven strategies.

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A Request for Proposal from Central Montana Tourism for Central Montana Tourism Economic Impact, Advocacy, and Crisis Communication Plan ISSUED December 19th, 2025 DUE 3:00PM January 23rd, 2026

Central Montana Tourism is seeking proposals for a consultant to develop a data-driven regional tourism economic impact, advocacy and crisis communication plan. The purpose is to understand tourism in the region well enough to protect it, grow it, and communicate its value to residents, community leaders, and key stakeholders.

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When Montana’s young workforce leaves, foreign workers teach our students and heal our wounds.

There simply aren’t enough local hands for the work here.

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Let’s Ignite 2026 – 1/9 – Great Falls, Montana

Do you want to showcase or announce your project? Presentations are open to all business, government agency, or non-profit projects launching, expanding, or finishing up construction in 2026 across the Great Falls Region of North Central Montana, email Christian Leinhauser at [email protected] or call 1-406-836-0136.

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Montanan’s have to get used to 12 inches of rain, melting snow, flooding and destructive winds as a regular occurrence thanks to human caused climate change.

We’ll have to get used to high winds, bigger rainfall and or snow events as atmospheric rivers become much more common as greenhouse gas emissions continue to warm the planet.

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