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IDFA continues to enhance its innovative efforts to advocate dairy industry priorities with federal lawmakers. On the heels of four successful strategic fly-ins, IDFA next week is hosting its first strategic “fly-out” in Nampa, Idaho, bringing together Idaho senators and a congressional candidate with leaders from dairy products companies with Idaho operations. These companies include […]
Early this week, President Donald Trump signed a bill into law authorizing more than $6 billion in spending to improve the nation’s water infrastructure. Idaho senators praised the bill early this month. America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 authorizes 10 years of water infrastructure project spending and increases local input on large water projects such […]
(Idaho Farm Bureau)—All four members of Idaho’s congressional delegation have earned the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Friend of Farm Bureau Award for their efforts during the 115th Congress. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, along with Representatives Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador, will receive the awards in the coming weeks at various locations. The Friend […]
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, who is in line to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next year if Republicans keep their Senate majority, issued a statement Monday unequivocally supporting President Trump’s move to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. “I support the move toward withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range […]
“Boise is our headquarters,” Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said on Thursday. “It is the center of our research and development,” which in turn is the foundation of the company’s global presence. Mehrotra was in Boise to take part in the company’s 40th anniversary, which it celebrated in Idaho by taking over Cecil Andrus Park, in […]
It may be Joe Albertson’s Idaho, but Micron is the tech equivalent and today the state celebrated the company’s 40th anniversary. It’s survived all this time in one of the most cutthroat industries in the world, and it’s emerged as one of the four top semiconductor companies in the world. It’s an accomplishment that required […]
POCATELLO — All four members of Idaho’s congressional delegation have earned the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Friend of Farm Bureau Award for their efforts during the 115th Congress. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, along with Reps. Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador, will receive the awards in the coming weeks at various locations. The Friend […]
Whenever I go to Capitol Hill, I am encouraged by the broad and bipartisan support for nuclear energy. Republicans and Democrats, in growing numbers, agree that sustaining the existing fleet of nuclear reactors and developing, demonstrating, and deploying next-generation reactors will create jobs, ensure reliability and resilience of the electric grid, protect the environment, and […]
Ryan Nelson of Idaho Falls was confirmed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, on a 51-44 vote. Nelson, who has been general counsel for Melaleuca since 2009, won support from just one Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama. All the other votes in his favor […]
BOISE (KTVB) — An Idaho Falls man will serve as the newest judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The United States Senate voted Thursday evening to confirm Ryan Nelson. Since 2009, Nelson has worked as general counsel for Idaho Falls-based company Melaleuca. Before that he worked for the Department of Justice, as counsel […]