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• Mussel infestation threatens NW waters

  May 30, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – North Idaho Rep. Eric Anderson’s nightmare involves invasive quagga and zebra mussels slipping into Idaho’s waterways and altering the very nature of the state. “It scares me, it … 1

• Post your thoughts on education reform

  October 23, 2011 in Idaho on Page B7 BOISE – Public comments on the State Board of Education’s proposed new online class graduation requirement – requiring every Idaho high school student to take two online courses to graduate …

• Editorial: Protect ESA from peril of legislative assaults

  July 3, 2011 in Opinion on Page B8 Fish and Wildlife authorities in Idaho and Montana are again managing gray wolves. Can they manage a can of worms?

• Eye on Boise: Simpson relishes sticking fork in rule curbing potatoes

  June 19, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 Idaho congressman Mike Simpson is hailing the demise of what he called a “biased anti-potato rule,” saying a proposed USDA rule to limit potatoes, corn, green peas and lima beans …

• Eye on Boise: Otter says closed primary an imperfect compromise

  April 17, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter has signed into law historic changes in Idaho’s election system, requiring, for the first time, that all Idahoans declare their party affiliation to vote in …

• Budget rider gives states wolf control

  April 15, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A1 Gray wolves in most of the Northern Rockies will be removed from the endangered species list under a policy rider attached to Congress’ budget bill. The rider returns wolf management … 22

• Budget would delist wolves

  April 10, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 BILLINGS – Gray wolves in Montana and Idaho would be taken off the endangered list under the budget bill pending before Congress, two Western lawmakers said. Inclusion of the language … 2

• Idaho delegation sponsors only one successful bill

  January 2, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B7 KETCHUM, Idaho – Idaho’s congressional delegation sponsored 52 bills during the 111th Congress, one of which became law. That was Democrat Rep. Walt Minnick’s measure to designate a Nampa post …

• Idaho lawmakers blast EPA proposal

  November 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Idaho’s congressional delegation is lambasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to clean up historic mining waste in the Coeur d’Alene River’s headwaters.

• Minnick proves ‘quietly effective’ with legislation

  October 17, 2010 on Page B1 BOISE – Freshman Rep. Walt Minnick has sponsored more legislation, and seen more of it pass, than any other first-term U.S. House member from Idaho in the past two decades. … 1

• Simpson hasn’t given up Idaho wilderness hopes

  August 6, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho, Region U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson says he hasn’t given up hope on his plan to create a new central Idaho wilderness. 2

• Editorial: Rammell’s reaction a bad omen of leadership

  September 3, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 At least Rex Rammell isn’t one of those equivocating public figures who explain their gaffes with wishy-washy nonapologies that evade blame by fixing it on anyone misguided enough to take … 4

• Hunting license remark assailed

  August 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 BOISE – Top Idaho Republicans – Gov. Butch Otter, U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson and former Idaho Gov. Phil Batt – all condemned fellow … 5

• Our View: Minnick-Simpson partnership signals for Idaho

  January 10, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 It didn’t take Idaho’s freshman congressman Walt Minnick long to follow through on one of his campaign promises by co-sponsoring a wilderness bill that House colleague Mike Simpson has been …

• Simpson named to lead GOP on enviro spending panel

  January 8, 2009 in Idaho WASHINGTON — Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson will serve as the top Republican for a House subcommittee that oversees spending for the Interior Department and environmental agencies.

• Minnick supports Simpson wilderness bill

  January 7, 2009 in City on Page A7 BOISE – U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson has tried for eight years to get his House counterpart from Idaho to support his bill to create three new wilderness areas in central …