Here’s an area where Idaho apparently is on the cutting edge: The Kootenai River Inn & Casino in Bonners Ferry has installed 50 slot machines that accept and pay out in Canadian currency, which it says makes it the first dual-currency casino in the nation....
An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit contending that 26 dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout and violating the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit filed by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies on Monday in Portland, Oregon, names the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation...
Let’s say, as a recent op-ed piece in the Idaho Statesman by Idaho Freedom Foundation Vice President Fred Birnbaum claimed, that comparing percentage increases in state general fund spending in Idaho to percentage increases for other states shows whether Idaho’s spending is growing too quickly...
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