As a record TV audience tuned in for the first presidential debate this week, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo and his Democratic challenger, Jerry Sturgill, both launched new TV campaign commercials. Here's my full AdWatch story, examining their claims.
Gov. Butch Otter sent a guest opinion out to Idaho newspapers today touting recent moves by the state to use partnerships to prevent wildfires on public lands. He points to this week’s first-ever auction of a federal timber sale by the Idaho Department of Lands,…
Idaho’s all-GOP congressional delegation split down the middle yesterday as the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed a continuing resolution to fund the government – avoiding a government shutdown by just two days. Sen. Mike Crapo and Rep. Mike Simpson voted in favor of the measure;...
The Nez Perce Tribe has issued a statement sharply critical of the Idaho Transportation Department’s proposed rulemaking on megaloads in the scenic Highway 12 corridor in North-Central Idaho, saying the move was inappropriate, mediation is ongoing as part of a lawsuit that banned such shipments…
As part of the settlement yesterday between the state and Idaho artists and art and theater venues, the 20-day suspension of the liquor license for the Visual Arts Collective in Garden City will be erased and the $8,000 fine it paid will be returned. The…
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