Vacation time…
I’m off this week, doing my annual week of windsurfing in the Columbia River Gorge. Let me know what I miss; I’ll be back on Monday Aug. 10th.
Eye On Boise archive for Aug. 2, 2015
SUNDAY, AUG. 2, 2015
A look at where Sen. Crapo's re-election funds are coming from...
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo is flush with campaign cash as he seeks a fourth six-year term, with more than $4.2 million in the bank and a record fundraising haul in the past quarter that eclipsed any reporting period since he was first elected to the...
Historian Arthur Hart on courthouse murals: 'They've got to be conserved'
Arthur Hart, Idaho historian extraordinaire, has written an interesting column about the controversial murals in the old Ada County Courthouse, now the Idaho Law & Justice Learning Center just across the street from the state Capitol. “The murals in the 1938 Ada County Courthouse have…
'Basque values are plural'
Idaho has 7,900 residents who claim Basque heritage, 2,000 of them in Boise. Those numbers are self-reported on government surveys, so the actual Basque population could be much greater. What Idaho Basques lack in raw numbers, they more than make up for in concentration, visibility…
Idaho's state computer network 'constantly under attack'
Idaho’s state computer network is “constantly under attack,” according to Gov. Butch Otter’s office, and that’s why Otter has named a new Cybersecurity Cabinet Task Force, chaired by Lt. Gov. Brad Little, to strengthen the state’s protections against computer hackers. “Every day we’re being probed…
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