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Allred stays focused on citizens’ interests
Allred stays focused on citizens’ interests
Allred: ‘Common Interest’ group not done
Allred: ‘Common Interest’ group not done
Face Time: Allred staying focused on citizens’ interests
BOISE – Before Keith Allred ran for governor of Idaho, the former Harvard University professor was becoming an increasingly common sight in Idaho’s state Capitol, where he spent five years lobbying for what he called “the common interest” on behalf of his nonpartisan citizens group. Allred brought together people of all political stripes from throughout the state into a group that collectively studied and debated issues, and where they reached broad consensus, he lobbied for those positions in the state Legislature, with some notable successes.
Land Board’s PR agent well known among GOP
BOISE – Idaho’s state Land Board has paid more than a quarter-million dollars since 2007 to one of the state’s top Republican operatives for a public relations campaign, but officials say the state’s getting a great deal. “We’re very happy with the results so far,” said Lands Department Director George Bacon.
Land Board convenes in state Capitol
Land Board convenes in state Capitol
Tax commission chief under conflict cloud
BOISE – Idaho Tax Commission employees say commission Chairman Royce Chigbrow intervened on behalf of his son’s accounting firm over objections from agency workers, according to e-mails and other documents obtained by the Associated Press. The heavily redacted documents were among those collected by the Idaho attorney general’s office while representing the Tax Commission in a pending lawsuit that alleges commissioners have given politically connected taxpayers secret sweetheart deals for years.
Idaho panel suspends wolf management
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday endorsed a decision by Gov. Butch Otter to halt state management of wolves.
Wolf talks at impasse, Schweitzer says
BILLINGS – Montana’s governor said negotiations to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list have hit an impasse after Wyoming and Idaho refused to go along with an Interior Department proposal.
State, federal leaders continue wolf talks
BILLINGS – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and governors from three Northern Rockies states resumed negotiations Thursday to remove the region’s wolves from the endangered list, but reached no conclusions. Western lawmakers are pushing bills in Congress that would declare the region’s 1,700 wolves recovered and no longer in need of federal protections.
Wolf negotiations resume, but no consensus
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and governors from three Northern Rockies states resumed negotiations today to remove the region’s wolves from the endangered list, but reached no conclusions.
Salazar, states discuss wolf management
After years of legal wrangling over wolf management, the Obama administration and the governors of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming on Monday discussed crafting an end-game – including whether Congress should pull the plug on the debate by declaring the animals’ numbers have fully recovered in the Northern Rockies. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who met with the governors for two hours in Denver, said the group focused on finding “a path forward.”
Otter ‘open to discussion’ on wolves if it’ll lead to hunting season
Otter ‘open to discussion’ on wolves if it’ll lead to hunting season
Governors meet with Salazar on wolf management
After years of legal wrangling over wolf management, the Obama administration and the governors of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming on Monday discussed crafting an end-game - including whether Congress should pull the plug on the debate by declaring the animals’ numbers have fully recovered in the Northern Rockies.
Marty: Clueless About Valley Cleanup
Marty: Clueless About Valley Cleanup
Idaho roads need $543 million more
BOISE – Idaho needs to spend $543 million more a year on its roads, Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation task force decided Tuesday, and the top ways it should raise the money are through raising gas taxes, car registration and trucking fees, and taxing car rentals.
Allred amending campaign disclosure
Allred amending campaign disclosure
Allred Merges Firm w/HB Ventures
Allred Merges Firm w/HB Ventures
Otter faults CdA basin cleanup plan
Otter faults CdA basin cleanup plan
Sis: We’d Rather Go Down Swinging
Sis: We’d Rather Go Down Swinging
Otter Slams EPA’s Upper Basin Plan
Otter Slams EPA’s Upper Basin Plan