MATR Newsletter – April 19, 2019
The state with the best education wins!

So much more surrounds the decades-long P-Burg Renaissance. For a complete picture, absorb with awe Jenner’s thorough film that includes perspectives from all angles, including young P-Burg natives who stayed to participate in the revival or who eventually returned to raise their young families in a quiet but thriving burg.

Come Home Montana

• Montana Career Opportunities – Business Analyst, VP of Marketing, Director of Information Technology, Salesforce Software Engineer and more… – PFL

• Montana Career Opportunities -Data Engineer, Integration Architect, Software Engineer, Consultant Trainee and more…- ATG

• “Saving the Burg: A Story of Love, Sweat and Beers” – Philipsburg, Montana Documentary Broadcast on April 21, 22 on PBS

  “Saving the Burg” portrays the astounding, steady, chronological transformation of Philipsburg – or “P-Burg,” as locals and Montanans call it for short – from a dusty, dried-up mining town of old to a thriving, enticing current-day phoenix

• Hamilton, Montana to Harvard… and back again. – My Dad’s Three Decades of Academic Telecommuting

  We decided to move to Montana in 1987 for a variety of reasons.

• Montana Career Opportunities – VP/Marketing, Android Engineer II, Financial Data Analyst II/III – Marketing and more…. – onXmaps

The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in Montana

• The Perfect Way to Help Your Employees Collaborate More Effectively and Efficiently (and Also Feel More Valued and Engaged)

  Want to improve your business AND help your employees feel more fulfilled? Make asking for help, and getting help from other people, really easy.

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

• Why Did Arkansas Change Its Mind on Municipal Broadband?

  Eight years after banning cities and towns from building high-speed internet networks, state lawmakers unanimously reversed course. Will more red states follow?

Montana Business and Govt. Agency Collaboration Success

• IRS Releases Opportunity Zones Guidance

  The Montana Department of Commerce is happy to share that the Internal Revenue Service has issued the second set of guidance for the Opportunity Zones incentive.

Montana Economic Development

• Shelby, Lincoln projects win Montana tourism awards

  The annual awards presented at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Recreation in Butte celebrate outstanding communities, businesses, organizations and people who dedicate themselves to strengthening Montana’s tourism industry.

• ‘Investors Are Hesitant’: Rural America Might Miss Out on ‘Opportunity Zones’

  Tax breaks likely aren’t enough to lure investors to low-income communities in rural areas. There are ways they can become more attractive.

• Tester Discusses Conservation, Healthcare And Immigration At Bozeman Town Hall

  Around 180 people in plaid shirts, fleece jackets and at least one red Make America Great Again hat crammed into the historic Baxter Hotel conference room.

• “The State of Preschool 2018”

  “Some states are moving in the right direction, but many are standing still.”

Montana Business

• How to build an investor pipeline and raise a Seed round — a step-by-step guide

  It’s a crazy process, but I truly believe that as of this writing there has never been a better time to raise a Seed round as a founder.

Idaho News & Events

• Idaho Research and Development Tax Credit Summary

  The Idaho R&D Tax Credit allows a taxpayer who makes expenditures in research and development activities in Idaho to claim an income tax credit.

• Idaho governor has unfettered chance to cut state rules

  Idaho’s governor now has sweeping authority to eliminate thousands of state-approved rules without public participation or lawmaker oversight.

Wyoming Business

• A wage gap is growing between Wyoming’s public and private workers, report finds

  Employees in Wyoming’s public sector have experienced the largest rate of wage and benefits growth over the private sector in the entire nation, according to a new paper from a Washington D.C. think tank.

Regional Economic Development

• States, Cities Add Sweeteners to Attract ‘Opportunity Zone’ Investors

  With 8,700 low-income communities competing for private investment, some places are topping on the incentives to make themselves stand out.

Montana Education Excellence

• Sun River, Montana’s RedNeks defending world title in Houston for FIRST robotics championship

  The world competition brings together the best 320 of more than 6,000 robotics teams.

Government News & Events

• Fortune names Montana’s  Marilyn Bartlett among World’s 50 Greatest Leaders

  “Bartlett helped save Montana’s state health plan from bankruptcy by demanding transparency from hospitals and doctors, then negotiating better deals,” according to Fortune. “Other employers are now clamoring to follow her lead.”

Missoula Children’s Theatre

• Disney’s Newsies – The Broadway Musical opens on the MCT Center for the Performing Arts stage in just one week!

  Take a glimpse at the cast’s incredible hard work and see some of the beautiful costumes and sets coming together.

MSU Leadership Institute & UM Global Leadership Initiative

• 4 things you need to know if you want to be emotionally intelligent

  The first thing I learned as an FBI agent was that I would need to be emotionally intelligent if I planned to live long enough to spend my retirement pension.

Washington State Business

• Washington State Department of Commerce Director’s Update – April 2019

  Everyone at Commerce is extremely pleased with the results of our agency request legislation this year.

Energy and Climate Change

• New York City Passes Sweeping Climate Legislation

  The nation’s largest and most economically influential city passed a historic bill Thursday capping climate-changing pollution from big buildings and mandating unprecedented cuts to greenhouse gases.

• Making solar energy dreams a reality in Montana

  When you think solar energy, sunny locations like Arizona, New Mexico, and Southern California come to mind. But Montana fares pretty well compared to more southerly spots.

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