Here's a link to the permits that ITD issued today to ConocoPhillips for the first four proposed Highway 12 mega-loads, and here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on ITD's action today, issuing permits for the first four mega-loads proposed for U.S. Highway…
The Idaho Transportation Department just announced that it has issued permits today for the first four mega-loads proposed for U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho, the four proposed by Conoco-Phillips, but is suspending the shipments until after a hearing officer rules on a petition for…
In a new opinion piece today, Gov. Butch Otter says he's "read all the postmortems and punditry about the 'meaning' of the November 2nd election results," and declares, "I believe most of it is well-intentioned, although there certainly is a fair amount of cynicism, condescension…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho trimmed its economic growth forecasts, predicting fewer jobs and less personal income by 2013 than had been expected just three months ago. The new forecast indicates Idaho workers' personal income will be…
A national self-storage lobbying group says Idaho is engaging in unfair competition with the private sector and undermining tax revenue that would otherwise go to local governments, the AP reports, by the state's foray into the self-storage business. The state, as part of its management…
The Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call has come out with a story about lobbying by Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo's daughter, Lara; she represents numerous health-care-related interests, the paper reported, including several Idaho medical facilities for which the Idaho Republican has sought earmarks, according to federal…
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