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MATR Newsletter – December 20, 2021
The state with the best education wins!




What happened when people in this upstate New York town started getting monthly $500 checks – Do you know the poverty rate in Missoula?

The pilot organizers of Hudson’s basic income pilot hope that gathering five years of results will show how much human potential extra money can unleash.



American Prairie buys 32,003 acre Musselshell ranch that BLM deemed too expensive

The BLM backed out of the purchase when its government-directed appraisal did not meet the sellers’ price demand.


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Corona Virus Information

Great Falls Development Authority

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

  • Video – Bone Dry – Farming Across Montana in 2021

    Winifred native Riley Slivka grew up on a farm and ranch, learning all about ag production. These days, he’s producing a different commodity: videos.  On Dec. 7, Slivka released his documentary film, “Bone Dry,” chronicling the difficult 2021 season.

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

Senator Jon Tester

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte

Montana Manufacturing Extension Center

Funding and Building your Business

Regional Business News

  • Corporations are consolidating water and land rights in the West

    Ghost cattle — 200,000 made-up heifers. A massive fraud rocking eastern Washington’s arid ranching communities, leading to criminal charges and bankruptcy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a Bill Gates-owned company duking it out at the auction block, each willing to spend more than $200 million to buy 22,500 acres of ranchland and its associated water rights.

Idaho News & Events

Wyoming Business

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

Government News & Events

American Prairie

Tell Us Something

Energy and Climate Change

  • Thwaites Glacier’s critical ice shelf could collapse within five years

    “Thwaites is the widest glacier in the world,” says Ted Scambos, US lead coordinator for ITGC. “It’s doubled its outflow speed within the last 30 years, and the glacier in its entirety holds enough water to raise sea level by over 2 ft (0.6 m). And it could lead to even more sea-level rise, up to 10 ft (3 m), if it draws the surrounding glaciers with it.”



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