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DATA POINTS
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
SHOULD JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA BE REPLACED BEFORE THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
TOTAL VOTES
SHOULD TECH COMPANIES SHARE AMERICANS’ ENCRYPTED PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THE FBI?
WILL POPE FRANCIS’ REMARKS HURT DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN?
TOTAL VOTES
32.5%
Percentage of South Carolinians who voted for Donald Trump in their GOP primary on Feb. 20. Trump easily beat Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, solidifying himself as the frontrunner.
246
TOTAL VOTES
148
266
%
61 YES
% 39
NO
% % 37 YES 63
NO
29 YES
71 NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
% %
THE GOOD
HIGH-TECH JOBS
“The implications of the government’s demands are chilling.”
Apple’s Chief Executive O cer Tim Cook
vowing to ght a U.S. magistrate’s order to help the FBI access an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists, which he says threatens the security of Apple’s customers.
$130 MILLION to $200 MILLION
Estimated cost to shut down and clean up the two oldest units at the Colstrip power plant. Concern has been expressed about what the impact of shutting down the units would be for the 2,300 residents of the company town of Colstrip.
Montana’s high-tech industries are booming, and its growth isn’t showing signs of stopping, according to a new UM study.
THE BAD
MUDDY ROADS
F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. in Columbia Falls temporarily laid o its night shift of 12 employees because of muddy forest road conditions. The so- called spring break-up arrived a month earlier than usual.
$245,000
Amount the University of Montana will pay its former quarterback Jordan Johnson, who said university o cials predetermined his guilt after a female acquaintance accused him of raping her in 2012, then led a biased investigation against him. A jury acquitted him in 2013.
“A person who thinks
only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is
not in the Gospel.”
Pope Francis calling into question GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s stated plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump immediately red back, saying it is disgraceful for a religious leader to question a person’s faith.
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