You should have more friends of all ages

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Come Home Montana

• You should have more friends of all ages

  Intergenerational friendships make your life richer. Here’s how to cultivate them.

• The Morality of Having Kids in a Burning, Drowning World

  “It seems increasingly clear,” Crist continues, “that we are living in a time of radical destabilisation of life on Earth which complicates the act of bearing children in ways that society has yet to grapple with.”

• The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority (BSPRA) Gets $150,000 Grant

  U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau awarded the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) a grant to continue advancing infrastructure development through the five-state Regional Infrastructure Accelerator for which it has oversight of Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Taylor didn’t tell the entire story on Montana’s property taxes

  He closed, “It was not caused by our local governments, it was Gov. Gianforte and his Republican supermajority Legislature who stuck it to us.”

City of Bozeman Economic Development

• ‘Something needs to be done’: Gallatin County studies problems with child care access

  “Everywhere is full and what is available is either wildly expensive or not somewhere you’d want to leave your children,” Owers said. “We just assumed we’d be able to find care once we arrived. We have even tried a private nanny and have not been able to find someone. We even looked into Montessori school, but the prices can be as high as $2,100 per month, per child. Paired with housing costs, we simply can’t afford it.”

Housing

• New York City will pay homeowners up to $395,000 to build an extra dwelling in their garage or basement to help ease the housing shortage

  The New York State government has also handed out millions of dollars for ADU development.

Incubators and R&D

• University of Montana receives $12.3M National Institutes of Health contract for work on TB vaccine

  Last month, the Missoula flagship announced UM and its research partners were awarded a five-year contract to develop a new “adjuvant” to be used with the TB vaccine.

Government Technology

• California Report Offers Glimpse at AI Use in State Government

  How might California government make use of generative artificial intelligence? Officials suggest several ways that the technology could be introduced to state government functions.

Transportation

• States Should Reform Fast E-Bike Regulations To Reduce Emissions

  We’ve got to be looking at other EVs that basically everyone can afford.

• Gas-Powered Vehicle Scrappage Exchange Programs Inspire More EV Sales

  With scrappage programs, pollution-spewing vehicles become capital for the purchase of a clean car. What are some of the nuances involved, as outlined by the IEA?

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