CBS Sunday Morning – In Finland, classes in recognizing fake news, disinformation (starting in the 1st grade in Spanish class!!!) – What is your school doing?

MEDA -Montana Economic Developers Association

• Wages up, housing still out of reach, says Montana labor report

  “Montana ranks 2nd in the nation for fastest wage growth since 2020,” said the report.

• Montana Media Coalition wants to keep film industry alive for Montana Filmmakers

  “This is such an important legislative session. I cannot emphasize enough how important this is, we could have 1000 displaced MT workers,” said Lynn-Wood Fields, MT Media Coalition president, at the beginning of her presentation. The media credit cap included in the MEDIA Act is what incentivizes filmmakers to shoot in Montana. Since 2022, that cap has been $12 million per year, but it won’t renew after 2024.

Flathead Valley Community College

• Flathead Valley Community College anchors rural Montana’s Lincoln County’s future

  FVCC President Jane Karas said she has “lots of those kinds of stories” about locals who showed up at the college’s door jobless and left with a new career.

Great Falls Development Alliance

• GFDA Top Ten for 10-6-24

  3) GFDA purchased an additional 38 acres for the Great Falls AgriTech Park, a rail-served heavy industrial park certified by BNSF as one of North America’s Premier Sites for businesses that need rail services. We have multiple lots available. Contact Brett Doney at [email protected] or 1-406-750-2119.

• GFDA Energy Assessment Findings & Recommendations – 10/14, 10/15

  Presentations + Q&A with RMI Consultants

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Montana Business

• Compound discovered at University of Montana making next steps in cancer trials

  Jay Evans, a researcher from the University of Montana, explained that the path from university research to clinical trials is often challenging but rewarding. “Research really is a grind. It’s slow, it’s hard, there’s a lot of failures. But those successes when they happen… Those are rewarding and you see the potential is for things that you are working on to help people,” he said.

• Electric Vehicles Are Good For The Environment And Electricity Rates

  This means EVs are putting downward pressure on electric rates through a new source of revenue that EV charging provides to utilities.

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

• Montana College Application Weeks encourages high school seniors to apply

  Through the Montana University System, Montana high school seniors are utilizing this free application. The application is free not only during these promoted weeks which run from September 30 through October 11, but any time a student wishes to apply. Furthermore, Montana’s tribal and private colleges are waiving application fees during Montana College Application Weeks.

• CBS Sunday Morning – In Finland, classes in recognizing fake news, disinformation (starting in the 1st grade in Spanish class!!!) – What is your school doing?

  Being able to identify hoaxes, avoid scams, and debunk propaganda is a civic skill required in today’s information society. That’s why the curriculum of students in Finland includes media literacy lessons, aimed at safeguarding a precious resource: the truth. Correspondent Chris Livesay reports.

Government News & Events

• Proposed Tax Credit Structure Disincentivizes Battery Storage Adoption for Low-Income Americans

  Under the proposed rule, beginning in 2025, storage assets will no longer qualify for the benefit, presenting red tape and headaches for residential and community solar companies and storage accessibility issues for solar customers.

Transportation

• Where Cargo Bikes Are Freeing Cities From Polluting Vans

  Some battery-assisted cargo bikes can haul more than 600 pounds of goods, showing the potential to displace many half-empty vans.

Energy and Climate Change

• It’s Happening: See-Through Solar Windows Kick Fossil Energy To The Curb

  Big Milestone For See-Through Solar Window Firm

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