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Judge hears arguments in federal wolf case
A federal judge heard arguments today on whether gray wolves in Montana and Idaho should be protected once more under the Endangered Species Act and whether those states can ensure the species won’t be wiped out under their management.
Idaho teen meth use drops 52% from 2007 to 2009
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest youth risk survey shows methamphetamine use among Idaho teens dropped 52 percent between 2007 and 2009.
Tax commission seeks state help
Idaho tax collectors want another $11 million transfer from the state general fund to bolster the account they use to write refund checks to taxpayers.
Otter tries to swim above diverse gubernatorial pool
BOISE - Butch Otter is among Idaho’s most-elected politicians, having served 14 years as lieutenant governor and three terms in Congress before being elected governor four years ago. But the folksy, rodeo-loving cowboy politician has run into trouble as the state’s chief executive, failing to convince a Legislature dominated heavily by his own party to sign onto the centerpiece of his first-term agenda – upgrading Idaho’s roads – and then presiding over historic cuts in school funding after he ran for governor promising to “stand up” for a better education system.