Category: Politics
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State Fund Provides Scholarship Support
Montana State Fund (MSF), Montana’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company, presented a $25,000 check to Kids’ Chance of Montana, a non-profit organization that provides scholarships for higher education to the children of workers who are injured or killed on the job. Kids’ Chance of Montana is an affiliate of Kids’ Chance of America. Montana’s chapter…
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Planning Department Identifies Priorities
The Policy Coordinating Committee that serves Yellowstone County and Billings approved the 2020 Billings Urban Area Unified Planning Work Program for the planning department, this month. The Work Program lays out the budget, and priority transportation and land use projects that the planning department staff will be focused upon in 2020. Scott Walker, the transportation…
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Over $170 million in Grants Going to State Parks and Recreation
By Derek Draplin, The Center Square The U.S. Department of Interior announced over $170 million in grants funded without taxpayer dollars will be distributed to state parks and outdoor recreation projects in all 50 states. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said that $170,623,713 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) will be implemented by the…
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Montana Manufacturers – Show Your Stuff
The Montana Manufacturing Extension Center in Bozeman is encouraging manufacturers to plan an event to recognize Manufacturing Day which is October 4. The organization says there are lots of options: Tours of your facility, especially if you have new equipment or processes Product demonstrations Learning and hands-on activities for children and students, at your site…
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Industry Insiders: Tariffs Stifle Growth of Craft Breweries
By Noell Evans, The Center Square The craft beer industry is starting to feel the effects of the months-long trade dispute between the U.S. and China, industry insiders say. And they worry the impact will only get worse as the dispute continues. In March 2018, the Trump administration placed a 10 percent tariff on aluminum…
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Huntley Project Irrigation District to Receive $75,000
The Bureau of Reclamation has selected the Huntley Project Irrigation District to receive $75,000 for small-scale water efficiency grants. The grants will help the water entities use water more efficiently and improve water supply reliability in the western United States. “This WaterSMART program improves water conservation and reliability for communities throughout the West,” said Reclamation…
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Governor Projects 10 More Good Years for Montana
In recognition of Labor Day, Montana Governor Steve Bullock proclaimed that the state’s economy will continue a growth trend for the next ten years. Stats that support that projection come from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. In its annual Labor Day Report the agency reports that Montana has added tens of thousands of…
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Farmers Get More Subsidies
From TheCenterSquare.com Farmers nationwide could receive $15 an acre or more as part of the latest federal bailout plan to help offset losses suffered during ongoing trade disputes with China and other countries. According to U.S. Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue, farmers will receive direct payments in three rounds. Much of the total assistance will be…
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Engineers, Ecologists Seek to Improve Fish Passage on Yellowstone
By Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service When the headgates opened on the Bureau of Reclamation’s Huntley Irrigation Project on the Yellowstone River in 1907, the engineering marvel transformed the valley east of Billings from sagebrush rangeland into fields green with alfalfa and other crops. Today, the massive waterworks is at the center of another engineering…
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Does Your Dishwasher Take 2 Hours to Run? Here’s Why
Competitive Enterprise Institute, (CEI) While this may not be a world burning issue it is certainly one that demonstrates how all –encompassing Big Brother has become. It’s about dishwashers. Yes, dishwashers. Because of government interference in the market. Because of regulations dictating what manufacturers can build and what consumers must accept, dishwashers are less efficient…