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MATR Newsletter – December 8, 2022
The state with the best education wins!




Your next Uber ride in Las Vegas could be in an autonomous vehicle

Uber is partnering with driverless technology company Motional to offer autonomous vehicle rides in Las Vegas, with plans to expand to other major cities like Los Angeles.




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Come Home Montana

Great Falls Development Authority

Montana West Economic Development

Montana Business

Next Generation Broadband in Montana

  • ISPs Large and Small Push for Tax Exempt Broadband Grants

    After years of efforts, the telecom industry and a range of independent broadband experts are making progress in a quest to make broadband grants tax exempt, a move industry players large and small say is necessary if the federal government wants the historic round of new federal broadband funding to benefit as many un- and under-served Americans as possible.

  • Future of broadband in Montana discussed at Butte town hall

    Piccolo said a preliminary estimate is that Montana needs $600 million to $726 million to provide fiber internet to the entire state, but it is assumed Montana’s share of the federal funds will fall well below that mark.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte

Montana Economic Development

Housing

Come Home Idaho

Wyoming Business

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

Government News & Events

  • What We Can Learn From This City’s One-of-a-Kind Climate Budget

    The Norwegian capital’s ambitious goal of reducing 95 percent of its carbon emissions by 2030 is driven by a unique policy approach: a world-first carbon budget, which works side by side with the financial budget and clearly states what needs to be done, by whom and when for the city to reach its climate goals.

Careers

  • The Four Fastest Growing And Most Rapidly Spreading Skill Sets In The Job Market

    A new report from Burning Glass Institute and the Business-Higher Education Forum shows that artificial intelligence and machine learning skills are not only among the fastest growing and widest spreading skill sets across industries in the job market—but having them can mean workers get paid more, rather than less in their jobs.

Transportation

Cool Stuff That’s Coming

  • The Earthshot Prize Winners 2022 – Changing our world for good

    At a star-studded event in Boston last Friday, The Earthshot Prize awarded five of 15 finalists with £1m each to develop their planet-forward innovations. These solutions highlight the human capacity for problem-solving in a world where we are presented with deep challenges and are a shining example of how we can protect, restore and repair our planet in the future.

Energy and Climate Change



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