Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on the temporary restraining order issued today by a Grangeville judge to block ITD from issuing permits for four giant truckloads of oil refinery equipment to travel Highway 12 from Lewiston to Lolo Pass. The judge…
Yesterday Gov. Butch Otter announced that Idaho will qualify for $51.6 million in federal aid for its ailing schools, and said he'll apply for the funds, and state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna hailed Otter's decision in a statement posted here yesterday. Later the same…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The state Board of Education has voted to uphold the closure of a charter school that tangled with Idaho officials over use of the Bible in the classroom and is now being shuttered…
The Idaho Transportation Department, through spokesman Jeff Stratten, issued the following statement today in response to 2nd District Judge John Bradbury issuing a temporary restraining order against four oversize truck shipments on U.S. Highway 12 proposed by ConocoPhillips: "The transportation department will fully comply with…
Finally had a chance to visit directly with Gov. Butch Otter today about why he's such a strong supporter of the plan by two oil companies to ship gigantic truckloads of oil equipment along U.S. Highway 12 from the Port of Lewiston to Montana through…
Laird Lucas, attorney with Advocates for the West, which is representing three river canyon residents who sued over proposed giant oversized truck shipments along U.S. Highway 12, said Advocates for the West is posting the $3,000 bond required by the judge this afternoon, and the…
2nd District Judge John Bradbury has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Idaho Transportation Department from issuing permits to ConocoPhillips to haul four giant loads of oil refinery equipment over U.S. Highway 12 through the Clearwater/Lochsa river canyon. The judge set a hearing on…
Idaho's state Land Board has voted unanimously to set distributions from the state's permanent endowment to public schools and other endowment beneficiaries for next year at this year's level, less the special, one-time extra distribution of $22 million to public schools this year. That means…
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