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Friday Flash – Your Update from the Montana Department of Tourism and Business Development

Governor Greg Gianforte announced Monday his nomination of Scott Osterman to lead the Montana Department of Commerce.

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“I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it.”

― John Steinbeck

Kalispell’s Scott Osterman Tabbed to Lead Commerce Department

Gov. Greg Gianforte on Jan. 11 announced his choice of Scott Osterman as head of the Montana Department of Commerce, citing the Kalispell business executive’s experience in high-tech manufacturing, including at the Flathead Valley’s Applied Materials, as key bona fides qualifying him for the top cabinet position.

Made in Montana Monthly January 2021

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Livingston, Montana’s PFL growing amid pandemic; plans to add close to 80 employees in first half of 2021

“We find that to be, really, a continuation of companies like RightNow and Zoot (Enterprises) and others that have grown up in Bozeman,” he said. “We all live here because we like it, but I think some of that same appeal allows us to build world class software products from a place like the Gallatin Valley.”

Dorsey – Congress Extends the FFCRA’s Payroll-Tax Credit for Employers (but not the Paid-Leave Obligation!)

Although the ramifications of the CAA are wide-ranging (and more alerts are forthcoming from Dorsey), employers with fewer than 500 employees should be aware of a narrow aspect of the bill: extension of the payroll-tax credit under the FFCRA

Survey: Montanans saw this summer’s visitors as less polite

For the first time, Hutcheson and her staff had to make it a point to tell people that bear spray isn’t a repellent that you spray on your kids like insect repellent. They were also overwhelmed by people who had seen fly-fishing portrayed in movies like “A River Runs Through It” and wanted a full wader set-up.

Commerce Announces $5.2 Million in Community Development Block Grant Awards to 12 Montana Communities

Funding will be used to Construct and Rehabilitate Public Facilities and Infrastructure

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