MATR Newsletter – November 23, 2022
The state with the best education wins!

With one out of every four Montanans lacking an internet subscription of any kind, the state Department of Administration is researching where to deploy $266 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act for improving broadband service.
Broadband rollout gets local workshops in Montana – Butte: Dec. 5, 6:30 p.m., La Quinta Inn, Holiday Park Drive

In the 21st century, we must rethink broadband as a basic utility alongside gas, electric, and water.

Jamaal Bowman

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Glacier National Park now hiring for 2023 season
Glacier National Park is looking to hire people to fill support positions throughout the park for the 2023 season. Affordable housing is available with most positions at the park with…
Montana Career Opportunities – Production Manager, Sanitation Tech, R&D Associate I and more….- Local Bounti (Hamilton)
Local Bounti is changing the way leafy greens are grown and delivered, from our farm to your kitchen. We’re helping families enjoy local, long-lasting, fresh, delicious and sustainable produce all…

Montana Department of Commerce Awards Business Planning, Job Creation, and Workforce Training Grants to Seven Montana Communities
“We know that sustainable, good-paying jobs are at the core of creating financial resiliency for Montanans. That’s why Commerce will continue to assist local Montana businesses in creating more good-paying jobs for Montana workers,” said Montana Department of Commerce Director Scott Osterman.

Missoula, Montana’s TOMIS November Newsletter – Outside’s Best Places To Work in 2022<>Rezdy Webinar, America Outdoors Conference|
We’re honored to announce TOMIS as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work in 2022! A huge kudos to the team and Evan Tipton for their continuous efforts in getting us here. We’re proud of everything TOMIS stands for and look forward to continuing to grow together!

Missoula begins seeking firm to design rapid transit, transformation of Brooks Street
The request for proposals (RFP) was issued on Nov. 9 and will close later this month. MRA and its partner, the Missoula Urban Transportation District, hope to select a qualified consultant to carry the work forward by the end of January.

Come and Stay at ABC Acres on our Montana Permaculture Farm Where We Grow Bananas, Pineapples and … Goats
Explore a sub-tropical world in the cold temperate climate of the Northern Rockies. From succulent fruits (bananas, papayas, figs, citrus, and more) to rarely seen amphibians and insects, ABC acres offers up an awe-inspiring dive into a new world set to alight the senses for all that visit.

Now that many of us will live to 100, this is what our careers will look like
Future workers could realistically have five (or more) careers in their lifetimes—and never step foot inside an office building.

Montana State University – ‘Mountains & Minds’ Fall 2022 Magazine
Advancing entrepreneurship
Growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at MSU helps students, faculty and alumni thrive
“The Enrollment Cliff” – The incredible shrinking future of college
In four years, the number of students graduating from high schools across the country will begin a sudden and precipitous decline, due to a rolling demographic aftershock of the Great Recession.
US students lost decades of progress in math, reading. Could this strategy be the solution?
In much of the country, the disruptions caused by COVID erased decades of academic progress. Intensive, small-group tutoring during the school day is, research shows, one of the most effective strategies for catching kids up.

Oregon will be the first state to make affordable health care a constitutional right
Measure 111 amends the Oregon constitution by adding: “It is the obligation of the state to ensure that every resident of Oregon has access to cost-effective, clinically appropriate and affordable health care as a fundamental right.”

Utah is growing fast. Will there be enough water for everyone?
A prolonged drought that began in 2000 has become the Southwest’s driest 22-year period in 12 centuries, according to analyses of tree-ring records.

He worked on Apple’s secretive EV project. Now he’s designing a battery with 600 miles of range
Startup ONE came up with a clever way to make an EV battery—and use better raw materials in the process.
California looks to ban all gas and diesel truck fleets
A controversial new proposal to ban diesel-powered trucks in California has sparked a divisive debate among the trucking industry, the state and environmentalists.
Waymo’s new robotaxi is an all-electric people mover with no steering wheel
The Alphabet company got together with Geely’s Zeekr to build its next-generation autonomous people mover, and it’s as notable for what it’s missing (steering wheel, side-view mirrors) as for what it’s got.
Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats
Lawmakers are growing concerned about a flood of data-hungry cars from China taking over American streets.