Month: July 2021
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McCandless Named Exec. Dir. of Education Foundation
Kelly McCandless who has been with the Billings Chamber of Commerce for 13 years, has accepted the position of Executive Director of the Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools. McCandless also worked with Visit Billings and Visit Southeast Montana, has been groundbreaking and inspiring. She was instrumental in the Chamber’s communications, marketing, branding, workforce development,…
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Majority of US Counties are Second Amendment Sanctuaries
The Center Square The majority of all U.S. counties have been designated as Second Amendment sanctuaries, according to an analysis by SanctuaryCounties.com.As of June 20, there are 1,930 counties “protected by Second Amendment Sanctuary legislation at either the state or county level,” representing 61% of 3,141 counties and county equivalents in all 50 states and the…
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Let’s get real…. Natural Gas Remains Important
From Center Square Thanks to fracking in the Marcellus shale, Pennsylvania has led a U.S. natural gas revolution since 2007. The state’s production has exploded almost 40-fold, to over 7,300 billion cubic feet, or 20% of the national total. Pennsylvania now ranks second only to Texas on this measure and yields more gas than any…
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Inflation Climbs to 13-year High
Economists across the country are sounding increasingly alarmed about what they see as the possibility of a prolonged period of inflation in the U.S. The concern comes as consumer prices rose by the most in 13 years in June.According to the Labor Department, the consumer price index increased 0.9 percent last month, the largest gain…
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Hamm Striving for Impossible
By Harold Hamm, Continental Resources, From the Montana Petroleum Association America reached energy independence in 2019 and, more recently, achieved another milestone that Harold Hamm says will better align where the U.S. oil and gas industry is headed in the future. There is an old saying that goes, “The difficult is done at once, the impossible…
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Group Calls for Permanent Child Care Credit
An organization called Parents Together Action is calling on Montanans to advocate to expand the Child Tax Credit into a permanent benefit. The group claims to have 2.5 million members nationwide.A marketing agency recently released information saying that many parents are still unaware of the federal program that gives parents $300 per child every month.…
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Fewer Students Enrolling in Public Schools
The Center Square The number of students attending public schools during the 2020-2021 academic year fell by roughly 3% compared with the previous year.The data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, a federal agency that analyzes education figures.The 3% drop represents some 1.5 million students according to the preliminary report. A final report will not…
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Development Firm Plans 26 New South Side Apartments
Community Leadership & Development, Inc. (CLDI) plans to build 26 new apartments on the South Side of Billing to improve the opportunities for affordable housing Called Tapestry Apartments the project has advanced due to contributions from the Gianforte Family Foundation, which is purchasing the Galles Filter & Exhaust building at 2920 1st Ave. South. The…
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Crown Logistics Becomes U-Haul Dealer
U-Haul announced that Crown Logistics signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer to serve Billings.Crown Logistics at 5229 King Ave. W., Unit C1 will offer essential services like U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, moving supplies and in-store pickup for boxes.U-Haul has teamed with independent dealers to offer moving equipment since 1945. With the COVID-19 outbreak…
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Court Halts “Racist” Farm Program
Mountain States Legal Foundation General Counsel William E. Trachman cheered a federal judge’s order halting the Department of Agriculture from proceeding with a post-pandemic farm loan relief program that expressly excludes white farmers and ranchers. MSLF and the Southeastern Legal Foundation challenged the constitutionality of race-based loan relief on equal protection grounds, on behalf of Tennessee farmer Rob Holman and…