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DATA POINTS
THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
$2.40
Tuition increase per credit hour at Flathead Valley Community College. The college’s board of trustees unanimously approved the slight hike last week, along with a 60 cent fee increase and a $2.30 mandatory technology fee increase.
THE GOOD
BISON
Legislation approved by Congress will elevate the bison to a stature approaching that of the bald eagle: the national mammal of the U.S.
THE BAD
HARDIN JAIL
After struggling for years, the 464- bed private prison in Hardin has suspended operations due to a lack of inmates. With empty beds, the facility acquired debt that reached as much as $40 million in December.
71-162
Record of the Idaho Vandals football team since making the jump to the Football Bowl Subdivison, the highest collegiate level. The team announced it will drop to the Football Championship Subdivision beginning in 2018 and intends to join the Big Sky Conference.
SHOULD THE STATE PROVIDE MORE FUNDING TO CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES?
SHOULD MONTANA INSTALL A FLOATING DOCK AT WILD HORSE ISLAND?
SHOULD THE BISON BE DESIGNATED THE NATIONAL MAMMAL?
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
164
152
197
71% YES
“The people of Montana, the people of the country,
need to know what happened, why this seemingly preferential treatment happened.”
Jon Krakauer, author of “Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town,” who has asked the Montana Supreme Court to uphold a lower judge’s ruling to release the documents about former University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson’s disciplinary proceedings.
29% NO
27% NO *READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
37%
41% YES
59% NO
73% YES
“Conrad passed away with his boots on, active and engaged until the very end.”
Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines
following the passing of former U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns. Burns died last week of natural causes at his home in Billings
U.S. high school seniors who are pro cient or above in reading, according to scores from the so-called Nation’s Report Card. One-quarter of 12th-graders taking the test performed pro ciently or better in math.
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