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2014 Montana Politics & 2015 Legislature
Sustainable Business Council
- Montana Attorney General talks legislative priorities as new session approaches
Montana lawmakers have 2,081 bills waiting for them; 252 have already been introduced.
PrintingForLess
- Thanks For Giving | Happy New Year! Sustainable Business Council
Thank you, Missoula, for all you give!
Great Falls Development Authority
- Grow Your Business with Direct Mail
While competition to get noticed in email in-boxes keeps growing, a well-crafted direct mail piece is now far more likely to stand out and get the attention it deserves from your audience.
Come Home Montana
- Great Falls Development Authority Top 10 for 2014
Thank you to our investors, partners, clients, volunteers and amazing staff team for helping to make all of this possible!!! It's been a great year for Great Falls. 2015 is going to be even better!
Montana Business
- Jobs at Montana State University
Montana State University is as remarkable as its setting.
- Employment at Montana Tech
Montana Tech traces its roots to the enabling act that granted statehood to the people of Montana.
- University of Montana Employment Opportunities
The University of Montana offers the opportunity to live in one of the finest college towns in America, awesome Grizzly Athletics, and some of the best rafting and fly fishing anywhere in the lower 48.
Careers
- St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula among 3 Montana hospitals facing cuts in their Medicare reimbursements because of poor scores in a program designed to reduce the rate of illnesses and injuries that patients acquire in hospitals.
CMS says about 721 hospitals nationwide will have their Medicaid payments reduced by 1% from what they would otherwise receive for patients discharged between October 1, 2014, and September 30, 2015.
- Business of the Year: SmartLam in Kalispell, Montana
"We have a product that is going to drive markets," general manager Casey Malmquist said. "There are so many possibilities."
- Huge Montana Ski Resort for the Rich Is Bouncing Back - The Yellowstone Club
"We don't have powder days. We have powder weeks."
Next Generation Broadband in Missoula
- This beer makes you more creative
Several of these a day should do the trick...
- FBI Seeks Ethical Hackers to be 'Cyber Special Agents'
To battle hackers, you have to think like one.
Idaho Business
- Kentucky Broadband Expansion Begins
"It may not be development as we think of it today. This will focus on programmers, coders, home-based businesses.... I don't see a downside to greater connectivity in eastern Kentucky."
Regional Business
- Wevorce aims to bring civility to divorce
The goal: to save families money and free the court system to deal with true legal issues, not emotional ones.
21st Century Education Initiative - "You Should Care..."
- Medical schools don't teach these key lessons -- and it's ruining our health
The United States spends more money on health care than any other country in the world. So how does Costa Rica outperform the United States in every measure of health of its population? Costa Rica is healthier because its government spends more money than ours does on prevention and wellness.
Education
- 5 Tips for Students to Get Ahead in Technology and Business
What advice would you give students interested in your field?
Montana Education Excellence
- In education-crazy South Korea, top teachers become multimillionaires
It's hard to exaggerate the premium South Korea places on education.
Montana Education/Business Partnerships
- Montana Tech, other schools receive grant to guide American Indian students through STEM programs
Montana Tech is among a group of universities that recently received a $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the school announced Tuesday.
Community
- Pursuing Education Made Easier for Montana's Underprivileged Kids
The donation has a value of $24,000 dollars and the gift will reach more than 1,000 local children.
Funding and Building your Business
- Missoula: A Perfect Mix of Town and Country
More than any city or town I've known, Missoula balances out-of-door attractions and the arts.
- TEN New grant announcements
Connectivity & Communications
- Look Back, Not Forward: The Surprising Way to Hire the Best People
Before the applications are reviewed, before the job opening is even posted, you know you need a special candidate. Why? Well, because of whatever previously happened with the position.
Non-Profit News
- Laser Breakthrough Could Amp Up Internet Speeds
The Internet could one day deliver your cat videos much faster than it does now, thanks to a new development in optical research that could allow more data to be sent, faster, via laser beams.
Miscellaneous Ramblings
- Young generation no slouches at volunteering
Today's young Americans are more serious about giving back than their parents were.
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- 2014 Kinda Sucked: A Look at Our Slow Descent Into Dystopia
Here's a look at 20 of the more dystopian things that happened in 2014--in both fiction and real life--and just how foreboding they really were.
Transportation
- Virtual Reality Comes to the Web--Maybe for Real This Time
Get ready to take the stage with Paul McCartney.
- Electric cars get big boost in Germany
Germany currently offers few incentives for electric cars, but the government hopes to change that policy - including the construction of a large network of electric car charging stations.
- Tesla Motors Model S gets some competition - "Germany's Plan To Shock Tesla."
Stay tuned; it promises to be a very interesting few years for the German makers.
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