On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I join Jim Weatherby, Marty Peterson, Bill Manny and co-host Melissa Davlin to discuss the Idaho political developments of the past week, from prospects for a special session of the Legislature to anti-federalism and its role in Idaho’s political history. Also,...
There’s bad news for the West on the sage grouse front, Idaho Statesman Rocky Barker reports today: A new study led by a University of Idaho scientist shows sage grouse populations fell by more than half from 2007 to 2013. The study found that the…
Chobani, which operates one of the world’s largest yogurt factories in Twin Falls, is welcoming news that Greek-style yogurt has now been approved for school lunch menus nationwide starting this fall, the Twin Falls Times-News reports. Robert Post, Chobani’s senior director of nutrition and regulatory…
Bottles and glasses clinked on bar shelves and some residents reported pictures falling off their walls, but little damage was reported from a series of earthquakes that shook North Idaho last night, centered 14 miles southeast of Sandpoint. The three earthquakes, with magnitudes of 4.1,…
Idaho has had just six special sessions of the Legislature in the past 35 years, the last one then-Gov. Jim Risch’s one-day session in August of 2006 to shift school funding from the property tax to the state sales tax. The longest of those six…
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