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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Come Home Montana
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunity - Judge - Yellowstone County
The Commission is now accepting applications from any lawyer in good standing who has the qualifications set forth by law for holding the position of district court judge.
TED and TEDX Talks
- Missoula-based Shipping and Logistics Company - Big Sky Fulfillment: Big Opportunity.
Big Sky Fulfillment manages a 6,000 square-foot warehouse on Expressway and ships roughly 10,000 packages per month (and growing) on behalf of several companies across the country.
- Agritourism is coming of age in Montana
"Combining them to create meaningful agricultural experiences for tourists and producers alike is a valuable way for agricultural businesses to diversify their revenue."
- Montana Voices: Business owners to Zinke: Public lands are economic drivers
The bottom line is that rolling back public lands protections hurts the economy.
Careers
- NEW ON TED.COM - The power of citizen video to create undeniable truths
She shares stories of the growing power of distant witnesses -- and a call to use the powerful tools at our disposal to capture incidents of injustice.
Government
- What Will Work Look Like in 2030?
Imagining four radically different scenarios for how companies will manage people and how people will manage their work and careers.
- Which Career Battles Should You Fight And Which Should You Drop?
It's not easy advocating for yourself when you're starting out in your career.
- Science Discovers Why Some People Are Motivated to Succeed While Others Aren't
People who seem naturally motivated really are. If you're not, you can motivate yourself.
Idaho
- Want to find out if you were duped by Russian disinformation campaign? Facebook says this tool will tell you
The new tool, which is available through its "Help Center," marks the first time that Facebook users will be able to find out if they were duped by accounts associated with the Russian Internet Research Agency.
- Montana revenue officials expect an average $72M annual funding loss to federal tax breaks
Corporate income tax breaks, individual income tax deductions and the potential elimination of federal royalty payments would cut state revenue by $70.3 million in tax year 2018, Revenue Director Mike Kadas said.
- These Tourism Campaigns Will Make You Scratch Your Head -- or Plan a Visit
Some cities and states have to get creative to market themselves.
Incubators and R&D
- Teacher shortage worse in Idaho than other states
The report found that among first-year teachers, 15 percent don't return for a second year.
Regional Business
- MIT Researcher's New Warning: At Today's Rate, Half Of All U.S. Children Will Be Autistic By 2025
The slide notes that the heaviest use of Roundup, Monsanto's flagship weedkiller, began in 1990 and continued to rise since. Meanwhile, the number of kids with autism has gone from 1 in 5,000 in 1975 to 1 in 68 today, a puzzling and frustrating stat that shows no signs of slowing down and one that correlates strongly with the rise in glyphosate use.
Workforce Development
- Solutions Journalism Network Brings Collaboration to the Rural West
"It's all building up to what we hope will be an ecosystem of newsrooms up and down the mountains west, that regularly share story ideas." - Leah Todd
- Shopping in stores is a misery -- can wine, yoga and storytelling make it fun again?
"People are yearning and desiring of experience," she says, nailing a salient truth about the millennial generation. (Well, every generation, to be honest.) "The idea is that you tell stories through merchandise curation and event promotion."
Wyoming Business
- Why are apprenticeships a good idea that have never really taken off in the U.S.?
Some 91 percent of apprentices find employment after completing their programs, with a starting pay of more than $51,000 annually.
MAPS : Media Arts in the Public Schools
- Why people really want to move to Idaho but are fleeing its neighbor, Wyoming
Wyoming lost 1.0 percent of its population in 2017 even as Idaho was gaining 2.2 percent.
Montana Education Excellence
- MAPS (Media Arts in the Public Schools) helps Hamilton, Montana family after loss of father
"I joined MAPS in hope for a career in digital animating and hopefully I can work for Disney or Pixar to animate films," said Audrey Burrows, 13.
Funding and Building your Business
- Montana Tech's budget woes lead to efforts to 'right-size'
For the time being, cuts are not anticipated during fiscal year 2019 in tenured faculty or tenure-track faculty, with reductions in the ranks of these teachers relying on natural attrition.
Government Technology
- 8 Bulletproof Ways to Bootstrap Your Business
The best route for building up a business is to bootstrap it.
- How to Present a Perfect Innovative Pitch
If you want to win, you need to be smart.
- A perk that's keeping Silicon Valley workers healthy -- and on the job
In the uber-competitive world of attracting and retaining top talent, some Bay Area tech companies have been turning to a benefit that may not be as flashy as adoption assistance or doggy day care, but could have a profound impact on something much bigger: their employees' health.
- University of Montana professors ask: Can math predict what you'll do next?
Predicting human behavior, in all of its forms, is big business.
Non-Profit News
- New York City Broadband RFI Generates Strong Response
New York City Chief Technology Officer Miguel Gamiño said digital equity is front and center in the mayor's goal for the eventual rollout, to make theirs "the fairest big city in America."
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- Trees for Missoula - Missoula's foremost tree hugger: Philanthropist steps up to save treescape
"How do we get Public Works to consider our urban forest in their projects?"
Transportation
- Elon Musk's Christmas Letter (Tesla Sure Is Growing Up Fast)
"Earthlings measure years by how long it takes this planet to revolve around its sun, but I've always had a different relationship with time, and not just because I'm a Martian. (Kidding. Maybe. You know, don't worry about it.)"
- China is Almost Ready to Unveil Its New Solar Highway
"With the capability of generating electricity under sunlight, photovoltaic roads can release power to electric vehicles passing on them. They are also able to instantly melt winter snow covering on the road."
- Driving in Minnesota winters is hard -- even for driverless vehicles
As autonomous vehicle technology moves from the realm of the Jetsons to become an inevitability, Minnesota transportation officials are keen to test it out. It's important, they say, that conditions like snow, salt-caked cars and black ice are considered by both manufacturers and policymakers as cars start to drive themselves.
- At Last, the Age of the Electric Car Really Arrives
If you're looking to buy an electric car in 2018, you have more options than ever.
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