Idaho wants the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over regulating underground injection wells needed by the state's oil and natural gas industry to dispose of wastewater. The federal agency in a notice Monday says it will take public comments through Jan. 11 on the plan...
Gov. Butch Otter today appointed longtime Idaho Falls defense attorney and former prosecutor Stevan Thompson as a district judge; Thompson will succeed 7th District Judge Alan Stephens of Rigby when he retires in March. Thompson, 61, has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who chairs the Senate Small Business Committee, spoke out in favor of the Senate GOP tax bill this morning at a D.C. press conference he hosted that featured Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, several GOP members of...