MATR Newsletter – May 30, 2024 The state with the best education wins!
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
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At this Reserve St. Public Working Group meeting over Zoom, we’ll hear from representatives of New_ Public and the University of Texas at Austin about how social media is impacting the ways citizens work, collaborate, and build up their communities.
Advocates of the Green Power Program said “green tariffs” are an increasingly common tool that customers of regulated utilities are using to purchase power from clean energy sources. But in Montana, no such program exists.
“As our newest corporate member, Zoot will assist in the development of the asset finance industry, by engaging in our industry events – both online and in-person – and sharing industry insights and awareness with colleagues and peers from the asset finance community.”
Are you “too nice” at work? Social psychologist Tessa West shares her research on how people attempt to mask anxiety with overly polite feedback — a practice that’s more harmful than helpful — and gives three tips to swap generic, unhelpful observations with clear, consistent feedback, even when you feel awkward.
A lower court ruled in favor of the young people last August, saying Montana’s constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment includes addressing climate change. The Supreme Court’s decision will be the final outcome of this case since it is predicated on the state constitution.
City engineers rely on faulty logic and misrepresentations to maintain the status quo. This was made blatantly clear in a recent letter from the City Engineers Association of Minnesota (CEAM) — and it’s why a growing number of engineers are breaking from the party line to support reform. Here are CEAM’s top four arguments against parking reform and why they’re wrong.
A top global transportation organization is laying out the essential metrics that all communities should track if they want to understand how sustainable they really are — and giving advocates a tool to see how well their neighborhoods stack up right now.