The next time you go shopping and encounter empty shelves consider this from Dr. Patrick Barkey Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana who says blame it on the pandemic. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-18_1137.mp3
House Redistricting Raises Concerns About Future Political Outcomes
2020 Census data will be released Thursday which the District and Apportionment Commission will use to determine both congressional and state legislative districts. One contentious idea for drawing districts is their competitiveness which Democrats have pushed for while Republicans say the process shouldn’t create specific political outcomes. ...
2020 Census Data T Be Released Next Week
2020 census used for drawing congressional and legislative districts will be released next Thursday. The data will cover geographies as small as neighborhoods and as large as states. The information was supposed to be released at the end of March but was pushed back to August to give bureau statisticians more time to crunch the numbers which c...
Research Highlights Effects Of Climate Change On Rocky Mountain Forests
New research by the University of Montana and University of Wyoming reveal high elevation forests burned more in the year 2020 than the last 2000 years. The Daily Montanan reports this research highlights the effects of climate change on burn patterns over time, due to their periods of little to no burning. UM professor Philip Higuera said the...
Montana Students Raising Concerns Over New Voting Requirements
Montana now requires more than one form of identification for students who register to vote with a student ID raising concerns student voter turnout will dip. Madison Morgan, a University of Montana student who works for the Montana Public Interest Research Group, lays out a common situation for students and one that would have kept her from r...
Former UM Athletic Director Comments On Recent NCAA Court Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that the National Collegiate Athletics Association’s current policy for compensating student athletes goes against anti-trust laws, which may eventually lead to students getting paid in the future. Former University of Montana Athletic Director Jim O’Day thinks this may lead to issues for NCAA beyond just...
Study Outlines Montana Visitation And Spending Drop In 2020
A new study from the University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research reveals just how much Montana visitor spending suffered in 2020. Interim Director Jeremy Sage notes the pandemic threw off what was an upward trend in the Treasure State. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-11_437.mp3