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Biden is Doubling Down on a Push to Roll Back Single-Family Zoning Laws

A $10 billion proposal in the president’s budget would use federal grants as an incentive to spur changes with the local rules, which critics blame for stifling affordable housing and fueling racial inequities.

Does the ‘Future of Work’ Open a New Growth Horizon for Small Towns?

Remote work has been lifted up as a new opportunity for rural areas, but some old-fashioned obstacles remain. In small-town Missouri, creativity and collaboration are key for community leaders looking to overcome them.

Are you getting all the internet you’re paying for? Here’s how to tell if your ISP is throttling your connection speed.

Testing your internet connection speed is easier than ever and you don’t even need to be a technology wizard. Here’s what you need to know.

‘Yellowstone’ TV Series Production Injects $70M Into Montana Economy

Filmed in and around the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, the fourth season of the hit television series “Yellowstone” brought more than $70 million in additional spending to the state, according to a study conducted by the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

‘Rural is not dying’: Quality of life is driving migration to Montana, says survey

Results from a newly published survey showed that most of Montana’s migrants, both from out of state and within, are giving rural communities a try for quality of life reasons, according to Tara Mastel, Montana State University Extension associate specialist for community development.

New Federal Broadband Funds Will Come With a Fight

The bipartisan infrastructure bill appears to transform how the federal government subsidizes broadband infrastructure. But evidence suggests that big companies may not allow the status quo to change without a fight.

Experts Say Boise Housing Market is Starting to Crack

According to Bloomburg, a provider of financial news and information, research, and financial data, “If you’re wondering where the U.S. real estate market might start to show its first cracks, keep an eye on Boise, Idaho.

Montana – The nuclear missile next door

What it’s like to live with a bomb stronger than 20 Hiroshimas in a time of rising worldwide tensions.

Where competing interests converge: Groups collaborate to protect Montana’s Big Hole River

As the climate changes, as snowpacks dwindle, as people seek to build trophy homes on sacrosanct sites, as heavy metals seep and nutrients wash and oil and gas companies consider exploration it certainly seems that collaboration is as necessary to the health of the Big Hole River as deep and lingering snows.

‘Social enterprises’: Northern Cheyenne nonprofit makes powerful push for economic development

A perceptible disconnect exists between the realities of tribal communities and traditional sources of capital development. Without viable investment opportunities for those living at or below the poverty level, economic development becomes stunted.

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