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All five of Oregon’s House members — Reps. Peter DeFazio , Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Greg Walden (OR-02), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Kurt Schrader (OR-05) — sent a letter to House leaders Tuesday requesting that emergency funding for wildland fire suppression be included in the Hurricane Harvey emergency supplemental appropriations bill the House will take up later this […]
Sen. Jim Risch honored Idaho Falls small business Fin Fun Mermaid on Aug. 29, presenting the company with a piece of the congressional record, the official record of the proceedings of the U.S. House and Senate. The company produces mermaid swimsuits and fin tails, among other products. Fin Fun has experienced astounding growth — 3,000 […]
Hillcrest Aircraft Co. of Lewiston has received recognition from the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The firm was named small business of the month for August 2017. The president, Gale Wilson, his family and all of his employees have worked hard to protect communities from wildfires, said U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman […]
Early in my political reporting career some 30 years ago with the Post Register in Idaho Falls, I learned an important lesson from then-Gov. Cecil Andrus. That was never make a wager on the outcome of a political race with a master politician. I don’t remember what we were betting on at the time, but […]
BOISE – Longtime Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus’ life and legacy were celebrated and remembered by an overflow crowd of more than 1,300 at Boise State University on Thursday, from friends, family and fans to political foes. Idaho GOP Congressman Mike Simpson said when he first was elected to the state Legislature, “I was fairly young, and […]
Early in my political-reporting career some 30 years ago with the Post Register in Idaho Falls, I learned an important lesson from then-Gov. Cecil Andrus. That was, never make a wager on the outcome of a political race with a master politician. I don’t remember what we were betting on at the time, but I […]
Intellectual property (IP) industries today generate 38.2 percent of total U.S. GDP, or an astonishing $6.6 trillion in annual output. IP is also responsible, directly and indirectly, for 30 percent of total U.S. employment and more than 80 percent of the market value of publicly-traded companies. And yet despite IP’s undisputed economic importance, not a single American college or university offers […]
Small-business owners need real regulatory relief. They need an advocate to force government agencies to consider the impact of regulations on their businesses. They need a chance to look up from the massive piles of paperwork required by each of the thousands of new regulations passed over the last eight years. And, most importantly, […]
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — The government watchdog group, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) published their annual report on wasteful government spending and found that Congress is not keeping Kosher. Despite a ban on earmarks, lawmakers approved $6.8 billion in pork-barrel projects in 2017, marking the third straight year of increases. The 2017 Congressional Pig Book, released […]
With hackers taking aim at America’s electric grid, including nuclear plants, Maine’s two senators are pushing legislation they hope will keep the lights on. “Time is running out” to improve the system, said U.S. Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee. “It’s vital that we act now to bolster […]