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BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — Idaho delegates have released statements following the news of the premium increase expected in 2017 within the Affordable Care Act. U.S. Senator Mike Crapo: “Once again, Idahoans are seeing that Obamacare is not solving the issues or providing the solutions it was supposed to achieve. From reduced plan options, to costly deductibles […]
WASHINGTON — In a letter sent to President Barack Obama today, Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch along with Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 21 other Senators called for any new softwood lumber agreement with Canada to protect U.S. timber jobs and communities. “Hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs and […]
MOSCOW, Idaho — Manure, byproducts of food processing, and other agricultural and aquacultural materials are often considered to be waste. However, the University of Idaho Center for Resilient Communities (CRC), in collaboration with industries across the state, is beginning a project to help Idaho view and use these nutrients as a resource. The National Science […]
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) As crews continue to battle wildfires in Idaho and Colorado, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are dealing with a battle of their own. They’re scrambling to pass legislation to help pay for the cost of America’s worst Wildfires. Idaho’s Pioneer fire is the largest in the country, scorching 188,000 acres in the Boise National […]
BUHL — On a blustery afternoon in early August, Jesus Molina prepared land for alfalfa. Dust flew as he drove a giant John Deere tractor across a Buhl field. Molina, from Sinaloa, Mexico, has worked at Armand Eckert’s farm since 1987 on H-2A visas. The reason he keeps coming back? The economy, he said through […]
County budgets face uncertainty under changing federal programs Friday, September 30, 2016 4:00 am by Madelyn Beck Idaho’s two U.S. senators are trying to secure congressional approval to fully fund two programs that funnel federal money to rural counties, including Blaine County, that contain lots of federal land, which isn’t subject to property taxes. […]
Idaho Republican goes home every weekend Posted Sep 28, 2016 5:00 AM Alex Gangitano @Alex Gangitano Sen. Jim Risch calls his granddaughters his “little princesses.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Posted Sep 28, 2016 5:00 AM Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch, 73, talks elk hunting in the Gem State, taking a high school aptitude test and […]
September 26, 2016 Citing the critical role that the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program plays on many rural county budgets, Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch on Thursday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid urging them to work together to ensure that the […]
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden are leading a bipartisan group of 29 senators calling for immediate action to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools program, which provides millions in payments each year to school districts and counties in timber-dependent areas in Idaho and elsewhere that have seen their funding […]
We’ve had a pretty busy fire season this year. The pioneer fire is currently the largest fire in the US burning over 186 thousand acres. Several large wildfires have required aircraft, such as planes and helicopters, Which are the most expensive part of fighting fires. Funding currently comes out of whoever’s land the fire is […]