Montana Blockchain Wins And The Path Forward

By Tanner Avery

04/23/2025

"As the national conversation around emerging technologies continues to evolve, Montana is staking its claim as the national leader in freedom-driven tech policy."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

Letter Recommending 4 Principles For MEPA Reform

By Tanner Avery

10/24/2023

Reforming MEPA could be a rare opportunity to forge bipartisan consensus around reforms that modernize the law for the 21st Century, increase predictability for business and benefit the global climate.

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, Official Statement, tech and innovation

Announcing The Center For New Frontiers

By Tanner Avery

07/06/2023

The Center for New Frontiers is dedicated to opening new frontiers for freedom so Montanans can build and create an abundant future.

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

Cryptocurrency Mining: Bringing Montana’s Electrical Grid Into The 21st Century

By Tanner Avery

06/16/2023

"By allowing for solutions that stabilize the energy grid we can ensure that the Montana way of life remains strong throughout the 21st century."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, energy, tech and innovation

Why Don’t We Build Like We Used To?

By Tanner Avery

05/25/2023

"So if these projects were built in record time 90 years ago, why do today’s vital projects take so long?"

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

A Green Gold Rush Part 3: Why The Sheep Creek Finding Is Good For Montana And The Environment

By Frontier Institute

05/24/2023

"Montana can potentially develop a responsible and environmentally friendly domestic REE supply chain. All the while, creating an economic boom for Montana."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

Permit Montana To Build

By Kendall Cotton

05/22/2023

"Readers should consider which is better for the climate: forcing critical projects through years of red tape and endless litigation, or building the infrastructure necessary for a clean and abundant energy future as fast as we possibly can?"

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

Rare Earth Elements Discovered In The Bitterroots

By Tanner Avery

05/19/2023

"With names like neodymium and praseodymium, you might not be very familiar with these elements, but the reality is they are indispensable in the creation of things that you use on a daily basis."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

A Green Gold Rush Part 2: Why Rare Earth Mining Is Good For America

By Frontier Institute

05/10/2023

"With this finding at Sheep Creek, the U.S. is poised to reap significant advantages, enhance our national security, level the playing field with China, and expand the pool of REEs accessible to American manufacturers."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

A Green Gold Rush Part 1: Why Rare Earth Mining Is Good For America, Montana and The Environment

By Frontier Institute

04/25/2023

"Currently, the beneficiaries of those who discover, extract and process REEs are reserved to the far corners of the globe. But a recent discovery in Montana could change that."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, tech and innovation

Regulatory Sandboxes Will Encourage Innovation

By Frontier Institute

04/12/2023

"With targeted red tape relief for the stagnant insurance industry, or perhaps even other industries in the future, Montana can become a destination for innovative businesses nationwide."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, sandboxes, tech and innovation

2023 MTLeg Halftime Report

By Tanner Avery

03/10/2023

"Legislators are so far delivering on some serious limited government policies of fiscal responsibility, economic freedom and red tape relief."

TAGS: MTLeg Weekly Debrief, tech and innovation

Unpacking MTLeg Judicial Proposals

By Tanner Avery

03/02/2023

To help our followers better understand these reforms and their current status, Frontier’s Tech & Innovation Policy Analyst, Chris Isaacs unpacks these reforms in his most recent column.

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, Judicial Bias, tech and innovation

Montana’s Red Tape Relief Milestone

By Tanner Avery

02/17/2023

"While the progress of all of these bills is an exciting milestone, there is still a lot of work to be done."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, Red Tape Relief Initiative, tech and innovation

Success In The Sandbox: What Montana Can Learn From Utah And Arizona’s Regulatory Sandboxes

By Frontier Institute

02/01/2023

"If Montana leaders want to carry on their work of cutting unnecessary and burdensome red tape then the logical next step is to adopt a regulatory sandbox, a proactive mechanism used to identify and waive the red tape standing in the way of innovation."

TAGS: Center For New Frontiers, sandboxes, tech and innovation