In The News
By the KIFI News Team – May 19, 2021 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – U.S. Senator Jim Risch announced the selection of six local businesses to be honored as Idaho Small Businesses of the Month for May 2021. The decision to highlight a small business from each of Idaho’s six geographic regions comes in conjunction with the Support Local […]
By CBS 2 News Staff – May 1, 2021 United States Senator Jim Risch joined Nate Shelman at 670 KBOI and the two discussed a variety of topics including small business, agriculture, and infrastructure. To watch the video on the CBS 2 website, click here.
By KTVB Staff – April 22, 2021 WASHINGTON — Four members of Congress from dairy producing states have again introduced legislation to prevent the labeling of products from nuts, seeds and plants as milk. They say it’s misleading to consumers. The bipartisan bill has 33 co-sponsors in the U.S. House. It calls on the Food […]
By Sydney Kidd – April 22, 2021 On the South Fork of the Snake River, fishermen miss opportunities to recreate every year because public lands access points are not always clearly marked. It’s not the only place where information about public and private lands is an issue. According to John Robison, public lands director for […]
Letter to the Editor from Rob Thornberry, Roosevelt Conservation Partnership – March 31, 2021 Idaho’s abundance of public lands and the recreational opportunities they offer are among our state’s most valuable resources. It is not always easy, however, to identify legal means of access to these lands, or to know which roads and trails are […]
By Ryan Suppe – March 15, 2021 BOISE — U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch on Monday introduced a bill to eliminate a provision in the American Rescue Plan that prevents states from using relief funds to cut taxes. The State Fiscal Flexibility Act, sponsored by the two Idaho Republicans as well as seven […]
Guest column submitted by U.S. Senator Jim Risch Despite falling COVID-19 case counts; Despite President Biden’s assurances of bipartisan cooperation; Despite $1,000,000,000,000.00 ($1 Trillion) in unspent COVID-19 aid across the country from previous relief bills; Democrats are on the precipice of passing a $1,900,000,000,000.00 ($1.9 Trillion) COVID-19 spending plan through Congress without a single Republican […]
Op-ed: The SolarWinds cyberhack is a blow. The U.S. must prioritize cybersecurity now. By U.S. Senator Jim Risch – February 9, 2021 December’s revelation that U.S. government agencies and our largest corporations were subject to a hyper-sophisticated cyberattack was not unexpected, but the breadth of the SolarWinds hack was shocking. FireEye, a world leader on cybersecurity, […]
By Jake Brasil – December 16, 2020 TWIN FALLS —The pandemic has been a significant challenge for what many consider the back bone of the Idaho’s economy — small businesses. KMVT explains how one of Idaho’s lawmakers is working to prevent the closure of small businesses in the coming months. For almost a year, Idaho’s […]
By Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com — August 20, 2020 IDAHO FALLS — Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, spent Thursday in eastern Idaho and agreed to meet with EastIdahoNews.com to discuss a variety of issues. We asked Risch about two eastern Idahoans who have been imprisoned in China for nearly a year, the latest on a proposed COVID-19 stimulus […]