Idaho Gov. Butch Otter spoke out tonight about his decision today to pull the state out of wolf management, shifting that authority to federal officials. Asked his response to opponent Keith Allred's charge that by doing so, he's yielding Idaho's state sovereignty to the feds,…
Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, announced today that he's sending a check to the state for the 1996 "fair market value" of logs he stole from state school endowment land in 1996 to build his log home, and said, "I was mistaken to have…
Keith Allred, the Democratic challenger to Gov. Butch Otter, has issued a statement calling Otter's move today to withdraw the state from wolf management "reckless," and saying, "Butch Otter just gave away more state power to the federal government. We need to be asserting our…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has notified Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that the state is terminating its "designated agent status" for wolf management - meaning the state no longer will be in charge of wolf management, turning that back over to the federal government. "I join…
Idaho will collect $1.65 million in a legal settlement with the prescription drug manufacturer Sandoz Inc. for overstating the average wholesale price of drugs, causing Idaho's Medicaid program to overpay; among others, Sandoz manufactures a generic version of the drug Prozac. The company admits no…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press, via the Moscow-Pullman Daily News: MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Republican State Senate candidate Gresham Bouma denies sending out religious-leaning mailers in Latah County that urged voters to become true believers or be "struck down." Bouma's campaign is…
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