MATR Newsletter – August 12, 2020
The state with the best education wins!

Corona Virus Information

• Montana allocates $50M to bolster child care amid pandemic

  Governor Steve Bullock today announced he will direct $50 million to increase child care options for Montana families and bolster the state’s child care infrastructure in response to COVID-19.

• Children are not immune to the Coronavirus – New York Times

  In the last two weeks of July, nearly 100,000 children in the United States tested positive for the coronavirus

Tell Us Something

• Tell Us Something – ANNOUNCING THE NEXT LIVE SHOW! – 9/16 – 6PM MST

  The theme is a little looser than usual this time: “Come as You Are”. We are proud to feature storytellers who were engaged in an intensive week-long storytelling workshop.

Come Home Montana

• Apply Now for Part-time Jobs with the U.S. Census Bureau – Help ensure a better economic future for Montana

  Time is Running Short to Apply for Temporary Jobs for the 2020 Census to Help Get an Accurate Count for Montana

Northwestern Energy

• Training on Changing Residential Codes and Commercial Energy Technologies Residential: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Commercial: Thursday, August 13, 2020

  These half-day sessions are designed for architects, designers, builders, contractors, and building officials and inspectors.

Montana Department of Commerce

• Celebrating Made in Montana – Members making headlines

  Good news from the Made in Montana inbox! Check out these highlights from several Made in Montana members – from launching new products to celebrating milestones. If you have news you would like to share, please email the press release or publication link to [email protected]

Arrow Solutions Group

• 4 steps to finding a job that’s the right fit for you

  Rather than viewing the hiring process as one where a candidate is lucky to get the job, we should consider it a journey that the candidate and the company go on together.

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

• City of Hartford to Build System for Free, High-Speed Internet for Every Resident – What is your city doing?

  Mayor Luke Bronin said the city will be installing nearly 1,000 wireless access points that will provide very fast internet service to a significant amount of residents and businesses. At minimum, he said there will be LTE speed service everywhere across the city.

Visit Montana

• Montana’s National Bison Range partially reopens to the public

  A popular Western Montana destination has opened back up to the public.

Funding and Building your Business

• Taxes, VPN, and Office Hours. The Ultimate Forbes Guide to Working From Home

  Millions of employees could be in for a rude surprise next April when they find out their home office isn’t deductible and the states can’t agree on who gets their money. Time to put a tax pro on speed dial?

21st Century Education Initiative – “You Should Care…”

• Montana State University moves to revise rules on open meetings

  The proposed changes would bar the public and reporters from meetings of temporary task forces, and make it easier to close meetings if an individual’s right to privacy would be infringed.

• Flathead Valley Community College explores expansion of Libby, Montana campus

  Still in the early stages, the proposal could see the Libby campus expanded to include every occupational training program offered by the Kalispell-based community college.

• Why Finland has the best education system in the world. This is how education in Montana should be taught. Let’s start improving the system today.

  Ninety-three percent of Finns graduate from academic or vocational high schools, 17.5 percentage points higher than the United States, and 66 percent go on to higher education, the highest rate in the European Union. Yet Finland spends about 30 percent less per student than the United States.

2020 Montana Politics

• 10 Ways To Reduce Our Reliance On Policing And Make Our Communities Safer For Everyone

  Police should no longer occupy all of our vital support systems in our communities.

City Club Missoula

• City Club Missoula panel discusses business challenges, solutions during pandemic

  Monday’s City Club Missoula Zoom presentation showcased ways leaders pivoted and came up with creative ways to stay afloat.

Transportation

• This supercar can travel up to 1,000 miles on one tank of fuel – zero to 60 mph in a little over two seconds.

  The future of energy is coming very quickly

Cool Stuff That’s Coming

• The ‘Tesla Of Banking’ Startup Cred.ai Unveils Its AI-Powered Credit Card

  The card comes with capabilities that are complete game-changers to the banking industry.

Privacy, Hacking and Virus Alerts

• Garmin Surrenders, Pays Millions In Ransom

  Although it is unknown who was responsible for the attack and who the ransom money went to, individuals researching the attack suspect the event could be connected to Evil Corp, a cybercriminal organization from Russia.

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