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Eye On Boise archive for Jan. 18, 2016

MONDAY, JAN. 18, 2016


Of fish, tribes and industry... 

The Senate Resources Committee only got through the new pollution discharge elimination system rules this afternoon; it’ll take up controversial new water quality rules on Wednesday. Melissa Davlin of Idaho Public TV has a look at the issues here, and reports, “The state’s most powerful…

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Barry Burnell of the Idaho DEQ presents proposed rules to the Senate Resources Committee on Monday afternoon (Betsy Z. Russell)

Water quality rules hearing draws crowd 

For an administrative rules hearing on a holiday, this afternoon’s Senate Resources Committee hearing has drawn a rather large crowd of more than 40. Up for consideration are rules from the state Department of Environmental Quality on water quality standards, ground water quality, and the…

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Keynote speaker Keith Anderson, Ph.D, speaks at Idaho's state commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr./Idaho Human Rights Day in the Capitol on Monday (Betsy Z. Russell)

MLK ceremony: 'Ensure that love conquers hate' 

Keynote speaker Keith Anderson recalled as a child, a paper boy, hearing the news of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. From a crowd that gathered on multiple levels of the Capitol rotunda, he drew applause when he recalled King’s words that children, black or white, should be “judged by who they are and not what they are.” That was not the...

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Crowd at Martin Luther King Jr./Human Rights Day ceremony in the Idaho Capitol (Betsy Z. Russell)

MLK ceremony: 'In the arena'

Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little told the big crowd assembled in the Capitol rotunda, “Welcome to your Capitol.” He said, “This morning, as our Senate chaplain opened up our session upstairs, he quoted from Roosevelt’s poem about being in the arena. And congratulations to all…

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Rally on Idaho's Capitol steps commemorates Martin Luther King Jr./Idaho Human Rights Day; participants marched to the Capitol from Boise State University (Betsy Z. Russell)

Marchers gather for King commemoration

Sign-carrying marchers rallied on the Capitol steps after marching from BSU today, in advance of the state’s official commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr./Idaho Human Rights Day. The ceremony, which runs from noon to 1, will feature a proclamation from Lt. Gov. Brad Little; a…

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Abedini freed in prisoner swap; Idaho delegation reacts

Big news over the weekend, as Boise Pastor Saeed Abedini was released from an Iranian prison after three years, as part of a prisoner swap that also released four other Americans, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. Idaho’s congressional delegation issued statements Saturday welcoming Abedini’s...

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