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Unanimous: Billings Gazette newsroom staffers unionize, prepare for negotiations

By Martin KidstonJuly 3, 2020

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Members of the Billings Gazette newsroom received the votes needed this week to formalize their bargaining unit, the Montana News Guild, in a push to defend their jobs against future cuts. Despite warnings from executives representing the paper's parent owner, Lee Enterprises, on the potential shortcomings of a union, the effort received a unanimous vote from all voting … [Read more...] about Unanimous: Billings Gazette newsroom staffers unionize, prepare for negotiations

Coaster Cycles shifts manufacturing to PPE during pandemic; inspires new beer

By Martin KidstonJuly 3, 2020

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When the pandemic hit in March, a Missoula manufacturing company shifted its focus from making cycles and carts to producing face shields for first responders and other frontline workers. While the move kept dozens of employees on the job during the economic shutdown, it also prompted a new beer – something else Missoula is good at making. Proceeds from that beer will fund … [Read more...] about Coaster Cycles shifts manufacturing to PPE during pandemic; inspires new beer

Tester: Future COVID-19 stimulus bill should be more targeted

By Laura LundquistJuly 3, 2020

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With the number of COVID-19 cases on the rise in Montana, the state’s senior senator is encouraging Montanans to take precautions to stay healthy while he works on funding and healthcare issues. Before leaving Washington, D.C., for a two-week Congressional break, Sen. Jon Tester asked Montanans to tell him and the rest of the congressional delegation where the greatest needs … [Read more...] about Tester: Future COVID-19 stimulus bill should be more targeted

Football season questions could have ripple effect on all UM athletics

By Jack Ginsburg (KPAX)July 3, 2020

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(KPAX) As Major League Baseball and the NBA are rebooting their seasons, the NFL, and specifically the NCAA, are trying to find ways to host a safe football season. But with a rise in COVID-19 cases and the possibility of no fans to fuel the economic side of things, Griz football is still up in the air. It's well-known as the cash cow at the University of … [Read more...] about Football season questions could have ripple effect on all UM athletics

Experts see ‘deep trouble’ for Trump overcoming plummet in the polls

By Thomas F. Harrison (Courthouse News)July 2, 2020

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BOSTON (CN) — President Trump’s plummeting poll numbers have Republicans concerned, but political experts sharply disagree about whether the polls reflect a hardening verdict of the electorate or simply another temporary extreme of the wildly swinging 2020 pendulum. “I’d be very, very worried” if I were the president, said Thomas Schwartz, a history professor at Vanderbilt … [Read more...] about Experts see ‘deep trouble’ for Trump overcoming plummet in the polls

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