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Why Is Montana Experiencing Severe Teacher Shortages?

Why Is Montana Experiencing Severe Teacher Shortages?

Key Points Classroom teachers hold the most important positions in Montana public schools because they are the ones educating students every day. Montana teachers experience persistent low pay and even layoffs despite public school funding steadily increasing the past 6+ years. Since 2017, administration costs for Montana public schools have increased by 4.7% while money...

By Benjamin Lindquist, Cody Bendix

They Are ALL Our Children

They Are ALL Our Children

"Policy should improve the lives of citizens by increasing and upholding the individual’s freedom and dignity. The system should not be superior to the individual."

By Trish Schreiber

The Jews Of Montana

The Jews Of Montana

"All of us should be proud of what Nicky Winton did to save so many, and proud of Montana’s Jewish heritage too."

By Lawrence Reed

MEPA Blocks Montana Wind Energy

MEPA Blocks Montana Wind Energy

"Regardless of perspective, our current permitting process and the litigation it fosters undoubtedly led to the demise of the Coyote Wind project."

By Tanner Avery

Montana At A Crossroads

Montana At A Crossroads

"I don’t think the ‘Montana Miracle’ is a one-time fluke. I think it can represent a new paradigm of politics in Montana, where the left and right join together in common belief that Montanans must be free to build, innovate, and progress in order to overcome the biggest challenges facing our state."

By Kendall Cotton

Montana 2050: Critical Minerals

Montana 2050: Critical Minerals

Key Points Critical minerals are essential to modern technology and energy production, particularly for clean energy and semiconductors. Despite their importance to the global economy, the critical minerals supply chain faces major bottlenecks due to reliance on adversarial foreign nations with few environmental protections, in addition to significant barriers to utilizing our own domestic supply. ...

By Tanner Avery

What Does Education Freedom Look Like In Montana?

What Does Education Freedom Look Like In Montana?

Key Points:  Right now, 90% of Montanans, especially educators and parents, do not have the liberty to educate their own children free of prescriptive regulations. While Montana Public Schools spend around 57% of their total funding on instruction and student services, innovative private and micro-schools in Montana spend 80% or greater, and also have been...

By Benjamin Lindquist, Cody Bendix

Montana Blockchain Innovator: Alex Shefrin

Montana Blockchain Innovator: Alex Shefrin

"Now is the perfect time to nurture Montanans’ entrepreneurial spirit to have this technology be home-grown right here. Montana is a great place to live – it’s time we make it a great place to build decentralized innovations."

By Tanner Avery