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DATA POINTS
“The Obama administration continues to push what I think is a real misguided e ort, this Real ID Act.”
Gov. Steve Bullock pushing back against the law requiring states to issue new federal driver’s licenses. By Jan. 30, 2017, federal agencies will be prohibited from accepting driver’s licenses and identi cation cards that were issued by non-compliant states for “o cial purposes.” Beginning Jan. 22, 2018, a driver’s license or state ID from a state that is not compliant with the Real ID Act will not be accepted to board a commercial aircraft within the U.S.
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
HAVE YOU BEEN CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE STATE LEGISLATURE RACES?
TOTAL VOTES
WILL YOU FREQUENTLY USE KALISPELL’S BYPASS?
TOTAL VOTES
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTRY’S BUDGET DEFICIT?
TOTAL VOTES
97%
Percentage attendance of students at Seeley-Swan High School this fall, a 10 percent increase over last year, when the school shortened the weeks to four days. The Missoulian reported that school now starts at 7:53 a.m. and ends at 3:36 p.m. On Fridays, students who need extra time can attend school from 7:50-11 a.m.
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248
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46% YES
54% NO
66% YES
34% NO
71% YES
29% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
$24 MILLION
Donated to the University of Montana for the College of Forestry and Conservation and the Global Leadership Initiative by investor Bill Franke and his family. It’s the largest single gift in the university’s history.
THE GOOD
AGENCY ON AGING
After a seven-year saga, Flathead County’s new Agency on Aging building o cially opened last week in Kalispell.
THE BAD
BUDGET DEFICIT
672,977
Registered voters in Montana when the regular deadline to sign up closed last week, including 64,990 in Flathead County. Late registration is open through Election Day on Nov. 8. There were 681,608 statewide registered voters, including roughly 20,000 late registers, in the 2012 general election.
2.72 MILLION
Visitors to Glacier National Park through September, breaking its annual attendance record after only nine months of 2016.
After signi cant improvement from the record de cits of President Barack Obama’s rst years in o ce, the federal government ran a $587 billion budget de cit for the just- completed scal year, a 34 percent spike over last year.
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