On September 12, the Montana Association of Planners convened its annual conference, inviting land use planners, local officials, and nonprofit...
Read more“We have to understand the context we place on tobacco. Are we using it in a respectful or an abusive way? Our communities are starting to...
Read moreToday, October 8th, marks Indigenous People’s Day, a day for celebrating American Indians’ history and culture. So, at MBPC, we wanted to take a...
Read moreLast week, the Montana League of Cities and Towns hosted its annual conference, bringing together city managers, department staff, and local elected...
Read moreFollowing a meeting between the leaders on the Agriculture Committee during the last week of September, it became clear that Congress would not pass a...
Read moreSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Month, a month dedicated to promoting suicide prevention awareness across the country. For Montana, it’s...
Read moreToday, September 27th, marks Equal Pay Day for American Indian women, the day an American Indian woman will have had to have worked into 2018 to make...
Read moreAs a recently hired legislative aide for the 2016 Montana Legislature, I attended the 2016 State-Tribal Policy Symposium and got some great insights...
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