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DATA POINTS
86%
Montana’s high school graduation rate in 2015. It’s the highest mark since the sate began counting such information in 2000, according to Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
“Rather than ghting for solutions that strengthen our economy, tonight President Obama cemented
his failed legacy.”
Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last week.
WILL YOU WATCH PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FINAL STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS?
TOTAL VOTES
DID YOU BUY A TICKET FOR THE RECORD-BREAKING POWERBALL JACKPOT?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BE OUTFITTED WITH BODY CAMERAS?
TOTAL VOTES
THE GOOD
HOME SALES
Last year was the best year for home sales in Flathead County since 2006. There were 1,673 homes sales reported in Flathead County.
THE BAD
WAL-MART
The world’s largest retailer is closing 269 stores, including 154 in the U.S. The store closures will a ect 16,000 workers. None of the closures will occur in Montana.
191
205
197
35% YES
65% NO
56% YES
44% NO
79% YES
21% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
“It’s one of the few regrets of my presidency – that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better.”
President Barack Obama addressing a Republican-led Congress in his nal State of the Union address last week.
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Average age of rst-time mothers in the U.S., an all-time high. The change is largely due to a big drop in teen moms, but more rst births to older women also are tugging the number up, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The average age of new mothers around 1970 was 21.
$2 MILLION
Amount Montanans spent on Powerball tickets on Jan. 13, a new single-day record. That was the same day of the drawing for the record-breaking $1.5 billion jackpot. Winning tickets were bought in California, Tennessee and Florida.
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