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DATA POINTS
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
WOULD YOU SUPPORT BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL IN SOUTH KALISPELL?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD WHITEFISH PURCHASE NEW LAND FOR A CEMETERY?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD THE U.S. TREASURY REPLACE ALEXANDER HAMILTON WITH A WOMAN ON THE $10 BILL?
TOTAL VOTES
3.9 PERCENT
Montana’s jobless rate in May, according to the Montana Department of Labor & Industry. Employment levels in Montana are now over the half million threshold for the first time ever.
THE GOOD
FIRE RESPONSE
Local firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze on the roof of the iconic Kalispell Grand Hotel. Nice work!
134
State prison escapees nationwide who are listed as on the loose, according to an Associated Press coast-to-coast survey. Some states couldn’t provide an immediate answer to the survey, so that number is almost certainly higher.
99
104
187
56% YES
44% NO
45% YES
55% NO
36% YES
64% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
“Sadly the American dream is dead. But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before.”
Real Estate mogul and TV reality star Donald Trump announcing the launch of his presidential campaign last week.
PHOTO COURTESY WIKIPEDIA
THE BAD
CHURCH SHOOTING
Dylann Storm Roof, a 21-year-old white man, opened fire last week inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine. He was charged with murder.
“Jeannette Rankin, a proud Montanan and the first woman to serve in Congress, has left
a lasting mark on our nation’s democratic process.”
Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines introducing legislation to require that former Montana Rep. Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, be featured as the first woman on U.S. paper currency.
14.26 MILLION
Pounds of honey Montana bees produced in 2014, ranking second in the country only behind North Dakota, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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