Close the Gap Idaho, a broad coalition of health care providers, charities, advocates and others, has released a statement strongly opposing the new Senate GOP health care bill unveiled this week, the Better Care Reconciliation Act or BCRA. The group raised particular concern about the…
Idaho 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador has introduced legislation to name the U.S. Post Office in Payette after Harmon Killebrew, the legendary baseball player and Payette native who died in 2011. Killebrew, who was named Idaho’s greatest athlete by Sports Illustrated and who was…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter underwent back surgery last Friday, and is undergoing a second surgical procedure today, his office announced this afternoon. The July 7 surgery was to address a bulging disk in his back, and he went home the next day to recover. But…
A task force charged with finding ways to meet the state’s demand for skilled labor wants to see more state support for workforce development, incentives for school districts to help students prepare for the workforce and more support for apprenticeship and job-training programs, the Times-News…
Ada County Treasurer Vicky McIntyre has filed to run for state treasurer in 2018. Five-term GOP Treasurer Ron Crane announced earlier this year he wouldn't seek re-election, leaving the little-known position up for grabs in next year's election. McIntyre has served as treasurer for the state's most populated county since 2011...
Idaho’s state tax revenues for the month of June came in nearly $30 million higher than projected – 8.8 percent above the forecast and 9.9 percent higher than the previous June – bringing state tax revenues for the fiscal year that ended June 30 to…
Authorities say a man setting off aerial fireworks in eastern Idaho while a neighbor screamed at him to stop ignited a brushfire that destroyed one home and damaged another. Pocatello Fire Department Captain Nick Christensen tells the Idaho State Journal...
Farmers in the U.S. West face a creepy scourge every eight years or so: Swarms of ravenous insects that can decimate crops and cause slippery, bug-slick car crashes as they march across highways and roads. Experts say this year could be a banner one for Mormon crickets — 3-inch-long bugs named after the Mormon pioneers who moved West...
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