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THIS WEEK’S POLLS FROM FLATHEADBEACON.COM
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Compensation Hilton Garden Inn and its hotel management company must pay in lost wages and penalties to its servers after the hotel chain charged a service fee that was never paid to its workers. The class action lawsuit settlement involves roughly 550 workers in
Kalispell, Missoula, Billings 23 YES 77 NO 67 YES 33 NO 49 YES 51 and Bozeman. % % % % % %
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DO YOU SUPPORT REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IN MONTANA?
HAS THE WHITEFISH RESORT TAX BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY?
SHOULD THE FEDERAL RESERVE RAISE INTEREST RATES THIS YEAR?
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
TOTAL VOTES
598
174
204
NO
*READER POLLS ARE NOT SCIENTIFIC
9% Amount by which tra c fatalities are up nationally in the rst six months of this year compared to the same period last year. An estimated 19,100 people were killed on U.S. roads from January through June.
“The National Park Service is unlike any other federal agency. We serve not only as stewards of the nation’s greatest landscapes, but also as keepers of its cultural heritage. This Centennial is a celebration
of our founders and their foresight to create an organization that embodies our highest ideals, our most symbolic places, and stands as the best national park system in the world.”
National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis remarking on the agency’s 100-year anniversary last week at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
3.2%
THE GOOD
BROCK’S PRESEASON
Flathead High alumnus Brock Osweiler has steadily improved this preseason as the Houston Texans’ new starting quarterback. In limited action on Aug. 28, he threw for 146 yards and a touchdown and led the Texans to scores on three of his four drives.
THE BAD
RIVER CLOSURE
The inde nite closure of Montana’s Yellowstone River due to a major sh kill is raising worries about lasting impacts to the region’s lucrative outdoors industry. A 183-mile stretch of the river has been closed since Aug. 19, after a parasite was blamed for killing tens of thousands of mountain white sh downstream from Yellowstone National Park.
Percentage increase of property taxes in Flathead County in scal year 2017. County o cials proposed the increase in taxes last week. A home valued at $200,000 can expect a $10 increase in taxes, compared to a $7.50 increase the previous year.
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