The Tax Foundation has released a new comparison of state and local sales taxes by state, and Idaho’s ranks at the lower end, 37th highest. The foundation calculated Idaho’s combined state and local sales tax rates, on average, at 6.03 percent; Idaho’s 6 percent sales...
After last year’s disastrous kill of 99 percent of the endangered Snake River sockeye salmon run – due to lethally hot water in the Snake River – water managers are acting now to release more water from Dworshak Reservoir to keep water temperatures at Lower...
Idaho agriculture leaders are welcoming Lt. Gov. Brad Little’s announcement that he’s running for governor in 2018, the Capital Press reports. “Brad Little is Idaho agriculture,” Food Producers of Idaho Executive Director Rick Waitley told ag newspaper. “Being a product of a strong Idaho farm…
Boise is the fifth-safest driving city in the nation, according to a report from Allstate Insurance, with Reno the only other top 10-ranked city in the West. Spokane is 54th, Salt Lake City 78th... full Sun. column
The Idaho State Police has announced a statewide mobilization over the holiday weekend aimed at impaired driving and other reckless driving behaviors. “This summer has already been too deadly on Idaho's highways,” said Idaho State Police Lt. Chris Weadick. “We recommend drivers to drive sober,…
Mountain Home Reservoir in Elmore County is expected to be dry by late July, Idaho Fish & Game announced today, so they’re opening it up to public fish salvage starting Saturday, July 2. That means no bag, possession or size limits. And with the exception…
A sweeping campaign finance reform initiative that promised to change the role of money in politics in Idaho has fallen short of the number of verified signatures needed, and won’t be on the November ballot. That’s even though backers collected roughly 79,000 signatures, when just 47,623 valid ones were required. But enough were disqualified...
Researchers, environmental groups and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are partnering to perform range and grazing-related research in Idaho. The USDA and the University of Idaho signed an agreement with The Nature Conservancy and Wood River Land Trust, which own the 10,400-acre Rock Creek Ranch in south-central Idaho...
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