The Montana Department of Environmental Quality, Energy Bureau and the Montana Department of Transportation are drafting a 5-year plan to spend Montana’s $43 million allocation of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding (NEVI). NEVI is one of the programs from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that passed Congress last fall. This program…
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AARP invites you to submit applications for tangible improvement projects that can help YOUR community become more livable. Applications are being accepted through March 22, 2022, 5:00 p.m. ET for grants to improve public places; housing; transportation; civic engagement; diversity, equity, and inclusion; support efforts to build engagement and build-on…
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A temporary emergency Low-Income Home Water Assistance Program1 (LIHWAP) is being developed to provide low-income households assistance in paying their water and wastewater bills. Funds will be sent directly to Public Water System (PWS) operators to be credited to income-eligible household accounts to reduce arrearages, prevent shutoffs and reduce monthly…
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Facing criticism from small cities that feared losing status and funding, the federal government said Tuesday that it won’t raise the population threshold for what qualifies as a metro area. The Office of Budget and Management said it will keep the minimum population needed in a community’s core city at…
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