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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Dollarization
Argentina is considering abandoning their own inflated currency and moving to the Yankee Dollar. Countries Using the US Dollar provides this list of countries where the US dollar is the currency: Countries Where the US Dollar is the Official Currency US Territory or Foreign Country Relationship with United States Geographic Location Read more
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This time in Years Past
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Tax Equalization
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that 49 of Montana’s 56 counties didn’t levy high enough school taxes this year. Lincoln County is part of the 49 – so I’m guessing that they’ll have to be demanding more in the second tax payment. The state wanted 95 mills, but the 49 counties levied 77.9 mills Read more
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Homicide in Perspective
The US murder rate has been rising again – What we know about the increase in U.S. murders in 2020 | Pew Research Center provides some basic data: The increases are continuing into 2023. Still, viewing any topic in isolation can skew one’s perspective. For example, the US 2020 murder rate was 7.8 per 100,000 Read more
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Christmas Bazaar Weekend Approaches
It’s that time of the year again. Trego’s Annual Christmas Bazaar will take place at the Community Hall starting on Friday, December 1st and wrapping up around 3 pm on Sunday. Folks wishing to take part in this weekend’s christmas shopping from home should consider the shopping online with the Historical Village. Bazaars will be Read more
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Adolescent Drug overdoeses- Ty Schepis
Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month − an expert on substance use unpacks the grim numbers with 3 charts Ty Schepis, Texas State University Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise. Overdoses claimed more than 112,000 American lives from May 2022 to May 2023, according to the Centers Read more
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