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PENDLETON — Out of the ashes of another record-breaking wildfire season across the West, Oregon lawmakers are calling for changes in the way national forests are managed and how the government pays for fighting increasingly large, destructive fires. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, the state’s lone Republican member of Congress, visited Pendleton and Hermiston on Thursday […]
In the wake of historic wildfires in Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington and across the West, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Dianne Feinstein, D-California, Jim Risch, R-Idaho, Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, and Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, introduced an updated version of their bipartisan wildfire funding solution […]
PENDLETON, Ore. — Out of the ashes of another record-breaking wildfire season across the West, Oregon lawmakers are calling for changes in the way national forests are managed and how the government pays for fighting increasingly large, destructive fires. Rep. Greg Walden, the state’s lone Republican member of Congress, visited Pendleton and Hermiston on Thursday […]
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis has officially resigned from the Idaho Legislature following a recent confirmation by the U.S. Senate to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho. Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill announced Thursday he had accepted Davis’ letter […]
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Legislative Committees from VFW Departments throughout the United States visited Washington, D.C., this past week to communicate their legislative agenda to Congress. Bob Jones of Rexburg, Past All-American State Commander and National Legislative Committee Member of the Department of Idaho, and his wife, Carmelita, Outstanding Past State President […]
POCATELLO – Bart M. Davis has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho. Davis was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on July 20, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 14, 2017. He took the oath of office from Ninth Circuit Judge N. […]
In the wake of historic wildfires in Oregon, Idaho, California, Washington and across the West, several U.S. senators from throughout the region introduced an updated version of their bipartisan wildfire funding solution that would protect funding needed for fire prevention and treat wildfires as the natural disasters they are. The Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of […]
POCATELLO – Bart M. Davis has taken the oath of office to become the United States Attorney for the District of Idaho. Davis was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on July 20, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 14, 2017. He took the oath of office from Ninth Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith. […]