Idaho’s two GOP congressmen split their votes on two major pieces of legislation that passed the House: The highway funding bill, which passed 359-65 today; and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization, known as the “Every Student Succeeds Act,” which passed yesterday on a…
J.R. Simplot Co. has agreed to pay a $900,000 fine and spend about $42 million on pollution controls to cut sulfur dioxide emissions at five fertilizer plants in three states, the AP reports. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice announced the...
The Idaho State Tax Commission will hold its annual meeting next Tuesday to highlight its record over the past year and plans for the future, along with holding a panel discussion on what customer service from the Tax Commission should look like. Panelists will include…
A 28-year-old Kuna man was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison today for possession and distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, after he admitted he’d stolen the gun while “jockey-boxing” in Boise the night before his arrest...
Each year, the state Department of Education sponsors an art contest for school kids for the department’s official holiday card; this year’s winner is 2nd grader Ashlynn Baldus of Orchard Elementary School in Lewiston, with this picture of a cardinal resting on a tree branch…
An environmental group has sent Ada County a notice of its intentions to file a lawsuit over what it says are violations of the federal Clean Water Act involving an event center and horse racing track. Idaho Rivers United on Wednesday sent the 60-day notice...
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