Mrs. Murphy’s Law

The average woman talks 50% more than her husband listens.

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Rural Montana suffers the most in a state that ranks among the lowest with Internet access.   

  70,000 homes and businesses across Montana still need better internet.

• Will We Let Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah Succeed in Selling Off Our National Parks?

  “He’s like a car thief who’s going around testing all the doors to see which ones are unlocked and eventually he’s going to steal our outdoor heritage,” Jamison said of Lee’s efforts. “He’s jiggling the door handles and we’ve got to make sure the locks are secure and intact.”

• When Montana’s young workforce leaves, foreign workers teach our students and heal our wounds.

  There simply aren’t enough local hands for the work here.

Printing For Less Montana

• How Montana’s Printingforless Achieved $28M ARR Using Tactile Marketing Automation

  Founded by Andrew Field in 1996, PFL initially launched as the world’s first e-commerce commercial printer and has since evolved into a leader in integrating tangible marketing with digital data-driven strategies.

Great Falls Montana Development Alliance

• Let’s Ignite 2026 – 1/9 – Great Falls, Montana

  Do you want to showcase or announce your project? Presentations are open to all business, government agency, or non-profit projects launching, expanding, or finishing up construction in 2026 across the Great Falls Region of North Central Montana, email Christian Leinhauser at [email protected] or call 1-406-836-0136.

Montana Housing

• Maui joins Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York by enacting policies against short-term rentals

  94% of the housing is owned by people outside Maui, and most are owned by people outside Hawaii, with TVRs taking up 21% of Maui’s entire housing inventory.

Visit Montana

• A Request for Proposal from Central Montana Tourism for Central Montana Tourism Economic Impact, Advocacy, and Crisis Communication Plan ISSUED December 19th, 2025 DUE 3:00PM January 23rd, 2026

  Central Montana Tourism is seeking proposals for a consultant to develop a data-driven regional tourism economic impact, advocacy and crisis communication plan. The purpose is to understand tourism in the region well enough to protect it, grow it, and communicate its value to residents, community leaders, and key stakeholders.

Montana Energy and Transportation

• China is operating an alternative to water cooled nuclear reactors (molten-salt) and American gave them the technology.

  It is still the only one of its kind in operation in the world, and has the potential to be both safer and more efficient than the water-cooled nuclear plants that dominate the industry.

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

• $13,500 awarded to Montana State University student entrepreneurs

  MSU’s Launchpad helps MSU students succeed in entrepreneurship and in their careers. Open to students, faculty and recent alumni in all majors, the campus-based Launchpad provides mentoring, opportunities for participants to grow their networks and find resources to help their businesses succeed.

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