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HB 632 creates four new commissions with oversight over federal ARPA funds |
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“Missoula is a great town, a cultural oasis, where you can’t throw a rock in any direction without plunking a writer or an artist. Consequently, there’s a great support system there, many people enduring the same misery you are.” Kim Zuppan Pic is slated to begin filming in early May on location in the Missouri Breaks area of Montana, and in New Mexico. |
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Come Home MontanaBig Sky Economic DevelopmentGreat Falls Development AuthorityProspera Business NetworkMEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association- Job Training That’s Free Until You’re Hired
Social Finance, a nonprofit, is spreading a model in which training programs get paid if students get hired, not just if they enroll. - Is Remote Work Actually More Environmentally Friendly?
An online calculator helps companies determine the broader impacts of their decisions to continue working remotely or return to the office. - Corporate leaders: Companies should work against anti-LGBTQ bills in Texas, other states
As four of the largest food companies and major employers in the United States, we view the growing number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills under consideration in state legislatures, including those that target transgender people and particularly children, with increasing alarm. - Summary of Montana House Bill 632 – Appropriates $2.1 billion in federal ARPA funds
HB 632 creates four new commissions with oversight over federal ARPA funds - Ideamensch – Handcrafted interviews with entrepreneurs, makers and doers.
IdeaMensch is an interview platform for entrepreneurs, makers, and doers. Our goal is to make it easy for entrepreneurs to get some publicity for their idea. - How Montage Big Sky’s Residences Are Elevating The Montana Ski Town’s Luxury Offerings
Like most Montage Hotels and Resorts, the property will have luxury ownership opportunities, which includes 39 two-bedroom to six-bedroom residences ranging from $5 million to $18.6 million. It’s no surprise that more than 70% of the residences have already sold.
The Telecommuting and Gig Workforce in MontanaNext Generation Broadband in MontanaMontana Governor Greg GianforteHousingMontana BusinessFunding and Building your BusinessIdaho News & Events21st Century Education Initiative – “You Should Care…”2021 Montana Legislature and PoliticsConnectivity & CommunicationsTransportation- U.S. Traffic Deaths are a Regulatory Failure – 5 Ways to Rewrite the Rules of the Road
Why did traffic fatalities rise on U.S. streets during the pandemic? Blame laws that lock in dangerous street designs and allow vehicles known to be more deadly to non-drivers. - Minnesota and California Take Steps to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled
The two states both approved measures that will set VMT reduction goals and create enforcement mechanisms to promote more climate-friendly policies. - Solar Powered, Off-grid EV Charging in Montana
Until recently, solar was too expensive, electric car technology was primitive and the mileage range of plug-in hybrids was too short for the big state of Montana. Things have changed. - Getting The Grid Ready
The focus is on transportation electrification or better known as electric vehicles (EVs). - Seoul’s multifunctional smart poles will soon be able to charge drones
Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) is installing new ‘smart poles’ which act as streetlights, traffic lights, environmental sensors, footfall counters, smartphone chargers, Wi-Fi access points, CCTV and more. - Infrastructure Bill an Opportunity to Redesign Transportation to Move People, not Cars
These statistics underscore the need to make safety a core tenet of the U.S. transportation system.
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