The Business Roundtable’s new economic analysis has found increased investment in U.S. physical infrastructure would result in an additional $1,500 in disposable income for the average Montana household every year for 20 years. It would also create 4,000 new jobs in Montana. The analysis was prepared by the Interindustry Forecasting Project at...
ND Game Warden Exam Set for June 11
Individuals interested in taking the district game warden exam scheduled for June 11 are reminded to register no later than June 8 by submitting an online application through the North Dakota State Job Openings website. The test is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the department’s main office in Bismarck. Applicants must be at least 21 years of ...
Fish Wildlife & Parks Facility Robbed In Helena
With about 35% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday and vaccination being an essential component for full reopening of the economy today Wallet Hub released updated rankings for the safest states during COVID-19. The personal-finance website compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across five key metr...
U.S. SBA To Begin Taking Applications For New Restaurant Relief Funds
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s subcommittee on Health Care was told Wednesday by Lenette Kosovich, the CEO of the Rimrock Foundation in Billings, that every part of the mental health industry has been stretched to the max during the pandemic. She said a federal funding commitment to staffing will be needed long after the pandemic ends. Ri...
Listening Session Held For Gun Policy On School Campuses
At a public meeting Wednesday, about 600 people attended a Board of Regents Academic Research and Student Affairs committee listening session and they received overwhelming feedback to maintain its current policy or pursue litigation regarding House Bill 102. For every comment that offered support for the draft policy to allow guns on campus t...
Montana State Fund Announce New Dividend For Policy Holders
Montana State Fund’s 22,000 policy holders will receive a 10% rate reduction and a $20 million dividend. Wednesday, Montana’s largest workers’ compensation provider said the dividends are a direct result of better-than-expected investment performance and positive workplace safety results. Senator Steve Daines led a hearing We...
Montana Rural Teacher Of The Year To Retire
With real-estate inventory down by more than half compared to last year, the personal-finance website Wallet Hub today released its report on 2021’s best places to be a real estate agent comparing more than 170 U.S. cities. Billings ranks 14th and Missoula is ranked as 37th across 22 key indicators of a healthy housing market ranging from sale...
Montana Lands Face Potential Mining Ban For Bird Conservation
The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will consider a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western states to protect a struggling bird species, the Greater Sage-Grouse. A temporary ban on mining was imposed under former President Barack Obama, but dropped by the Trump administration. The affected lands totaled 10 mill...
Gianforte Signs Broadband Infrastructure Bill Into Law
Montana is the 46th ranked state for broadband access according to Federal Communications Commission data published in January. One in three residents in Montana doesn’t have broadband access which is three times the national average and it’s even worse in rural Montana where three in five lack broadband access. Only 12 of the state’s 5...
Lewis & Clark County Sites Under Scrutiny For Current Names
Seven groups asked the U.S. Board of Geographic Names Tuesday to rename Davis Gulch just south of Helena’s city limits in Lewis and Clark County and Jeff Davis Peak and Jeff Davis Creek located in the southern stretch of the Bitterroot Range in Montana to honor Indigenous people and Chinese immigrants. They are now named after Jefferson Davis,...