Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's chief economist Mike Ferguson is retiring at month's end. Ferguson has been the state's top economic forecaster since 1984, surviving five governors starting with John Evans even as the office changed hands…
Idaho stands to lose more than $75 million just from tax compromises that are now in the works, according to a group of whistleblowers who are current and former employees of the state Tax Commission - including one $203,000 tax break about to be handed…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch won his bet with Virginia Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia when the BSU Broncos defeated Virginia Tech on the football field, 33-30, so today, Warner had to pay up by posing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in a Boise…
GOP congressional hopeful Raul Labrador has issued a blistering press release in response to incumbent Rep. Walt Minnick's decision to back out of a scheduled debate against him on KTVB-TV and its partner KREM-TV; in it, Labrador recalled Minnick's comments in 2008 about the value…
An Oregon congressman who chairs a House subcommittee on highways is calling for a federal investigation into plans for oversize shipments of oil equipment across U.S. Highway 12 to Canada, saying he doesn't want U.S. taxpayers subsidizing Canadian oil production. "I am concerned about the…
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