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Senator Tester Secures More Than $850,000 in Rescue Plan Funding to Help Montana Students Access High-Speed Internet

“Far too many students across Montana still lack access to reliable broadband services and connected devices, which is why I am proud to have secured this funding to help get more Montana families online.”

What’s Missing from the Infrastructure Bill’s $65 Billion Broadband Plan?

In Montana, the government is barred from providing internet service unless there is no private network option.

Small Towns Making It Work

I’ll start with education, which builds the foundation for economic growth in a community.

Winifred, Montana community is enjoying school upgrades and more opportunities

Thanks to a big donation from Winifred native Norm Asbjornson, Winifred schools is expanding its opportunities for students and adding a lot more classes in the future. They have plans to add a greenhouse, a welding shop, more trades classes, and many other options as well.

The United States Is Becoming More Racially Diverse — And So Is Rural America

The Census Bureau’s recently released redistricting data reveal that changes in demographics, cultural identity, and Census questions create a complex and nuanced picture of race in rural America.

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Gov. Gianforte, Montana State Agencies Blast BLM Over Its American Prairie Reserve Bison Grazing Proposal

Gov. Gianforte wrote. “Any action that could threaten the stability of Montana’s livestock industry, its ability to market healthy products, or the strength of its socioeconomic fabric deserves to be fully vetted and analyzed in an honest, thorough manner.”

Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites – Montana reaches 2,000 COVID-19 deaths, with over 100 in the past week

Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely to widen as access to medical care shrinks for a population that tends to be older, sicker, heavier, poorer and less vaccinated.

Selling the Farm in Montana’s Flathead Valley

The agricultural community is shrinking in the Flathead Valley as landowners sell to developers, impacting the farming culture and rural economy

Montana company hopes to become a gamechanger in indoor agriculture

Local Bounti built its first large state-of-the art-greenhouse in Hamilton and has plans for several more in the Northwest as it prepares to go public in coming weeks.

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