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Up to $100 million from the infrastructure bill may be coming to the St. Mary Division Project on the Hi-Line to repair and upgrade it providing water to 140,000 acres. Phillips County Extension Agent Marco Manoukian on its importance in a drought year like the one we’re experiencing this year.
In a recent letter to district school superintendents and trustees, Governor Greg Gianforte and Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen wrote, as the school year approaches, it is critical our kids get back into the classroom in as normal a setting as possible. While the Montana Constitution allows elected boards of trustees in each district…
The Economic Transformation Stabilization and Workforce Development Advisory Commission has recommended putting $15 million from the American Rescue Plan Act toward existing affordable housing projects around Montana that are struggling to deal with cost increases tied to worker shortages supply chain disruptions and price increases in materials like lumber. Governor Greg Gianforte has final approval…
There’s even more money coming to the state after the Senate passed the $1 trillion plus infrastructure bill. Senator Jon Tester on what that’ll mean for Montana.
Next week, the Bureau of Business and Economic Research with Director Pat Barkey will be talking about the economy across the state with the theme, “A Recession Experience Like No Other.” On Voices Of Montana this week, Barkey posed a question.
(Nicholas Jones) That was Nicholas Jones, Director of Ethnic Research and Outreach for the U.S. Census Bureau talking about results of the 2020 U.S. Census numbers released Thursday. Montana too has become more diverse. White Alone or in Combination decreased from 92% to 91% of the population American Indian/Alaskan Native Alone or in Combination are…
