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With major help from a Northwest Montana investment fund, IgniteFeedback of Bozeman has raised more than $300,000 toward its startup goal. “We’re a pretty new company. We incorporated in February and we’ve been fundraising the last couple of months,” Chief Executive Officer Ben Werner said. “The money is in the bank and we’re moving into execution mode.”   Already a Print Subscriber?                None of these apply to you?Back IgniteFeedback is a cloud software company that provides short surveys and scorecards of online customer experience. Its customers are online companies that could benefit from understanding their consumers or if there’s anything

The battle over the Iran nuclear deal in Congress is much like the fight over  Obamacare in 2010, Sen. Steve Daines told Newsmax TV on  Tuesday. “This has become only partisan in the support for the  agreement,” the first-term Montana Republican told “Newsmax Prime” host J.D.  Hayworth. “There’s no bipartisan support for this agreement.“This is a  little like Obamacare, where it became only the Democrats on one side — but  there were Democrats and Republicans opposed to Obamacare.” Daines noted that many top Democrats, including  influential New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, opposed the deal that would release as  much as

It’s a life change few would consider. After decades in the corporate world, including for an innovative technology company, Steve Daines of Bozeman, Montana ran for Congress in 2012. Only two years later, he upped the ante last November and contended for the seat of a popular retiring U.S. Senator… winning by a landslide. What drives this family man, a fifth generation Montanan, to serve in Washington, DC – over 2,000 miles from his home? In an exclusive interview, Daines shares what inspired him to enter public office and how his faith guides him to prioritize policy issues. Bound4LIFE: Senator

PABLO — Salish Kootenai College will receive $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education as part of more than $50.4 million in new grants to support American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities in a dozen states. Tribal colleges in Montana received $10.2 million. Under the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program, the formula-based grants will help eligible higher education institutions increase their self-sufficiency by providing funds to strengthen their academic quality, management and overall fiscal stability. “Tribal institutions serve a valuable role for American Indian students,” said William Mendoza, executive director, White House Initiative on American Indian and

Michael Goguen, a venture capitalist and philanthropist who has a home in Whitefish, will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Montana High Tech Jobs Summit in Bozeman. Goguen will be a featured speaker at the summit co-sponsored by Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines. The event is Sept. 13-14 at Montana State University. Goguen is slated to speak on Sept. 14 along with Doug Burgum, a co-founder and general partner at Arthur Ventures. This will be the first biannual high tech summit and is following in the footsteps of former U.S. Sen. Max Baucus’s Montana’s Jobs Summit. The event aims

With the deadline looming for one of Montana’s most instrumental federal funding tools, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines and Gov. Steve Bullock say reauthorizing the measure is vital to maintaining the region’s public lands. On Sept. 30, the half-century old Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) will expire unless Congress votes to reauthorize a program that has provided $16 billion for conservation projects, including about $500 million in Montana, making the money available for matching grants to buy fish and wildlife habitat and increase access for recreation like hunting and fishing. Both Tester and Daines have voiced strong