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Idaho ranks 14th in the nation for economic performance, according to a new analysis by Governing magazine, which also found that in the top 10 states for economic performance, governors had high approval ratings, while in the bottom 10 states, their approval ratings were far lower. Idaho bucked that trend a bit, with Gov. Butch Otter’s […]

Idaho and Washington may share a border, but according to the latest presidential election forecast on the FiveThirtyEight blog, they’re polar opposites: In Washington, the blog gives Hillary Clinton a 96 percent chance of winning the state; in Idaho, it’s Trump by that same 96 percent. Link: FiveThirtyEight

Washington State University wants to deny fans from re-entering Cougar football games.  New WSU President Doctor Kirk Schulz divulged the proposed policy change during a back to class press conference Monday afternoon.  The statement confirms rumors that have been rampant in Pullman as part of a proposal to expand alcohol sales in Martin Stadium for

The weather system that whipped up Sunday’s wildfires is often associated with August blazes, including the Big Burn of 1910. The extreme fire conditions in the Inland Northwest were the result of the hot, dry weather followed by a cold front. The front brought wind gusts exceeding 30 miles per hour to the area, but

Idaho voter registration records show that the Republican Party has attracted more than 80,000 newly affiliated voters this year, the Lewiston Tribune reports, a 27.4 increase and a figure that alone exceeds the total number of registered Democrats in the state. Idaho GOP officials are taking the increase as a sign that they can win

A Moscow environmental group has once again filed suit to halt the long planned for improvements to US Highway 95 South of town. The Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition filed a legal complaint in federal court late last week against the Idaho Transportation Department and the Federal Highway Administration. ITD earlier this year announced that after

This is why we need the Separation of School and State.  Two politically connected vendors are suing the state of Idaho in federal court after Attorney General Lawrence Wasden demanded that they pay back all the money they were paid for the now-defunct Idaho Education Network, including millions paid for broadband services that Idaho schools used for

“As an attorney, I never thought that I would consider repealing the First Amendment, which was instituted to safeguard our most precious freedoms: religion, speech and press. We apparently do not need it anymore. Under the present administration, no honor or respect is given to deeply held faith. Freedom of speech has been dispatched in

A wildfire west of Spokane has grown to 10,000 acres overnight. Fire officials have ordered the evacuation of Wellpinit and a reported 10 homes and many buildings have been lost in what is being called the Hart Fire. Power has been lost in the Lincoln County area and the Red Cross set up a shelter

Two men suspected of starting a wildfire last year that scorched 40 square miles of Oregon forestland could soon get a bill for at least $37 million. Jeff Bonebrake with the Oregon Department of Forestry said they’re still finalizing firefighting costs for the 2015 Stouts Creek Fire that burned east of Canyonville. The agency will

The prosecutor calls it “bomb week,” his shorthand for eight school threats – many written in school bathrooms or on notes – over a few days in May that set off evacuations and investigations, parental panic, and the rumor mill of students linked by cellphones and social media in his Ohio county. Track athletes missed

Reforms to Idaho’s criminal justice system are shrinking its prison population. But the number of people on probation and parole is expanding dramatically, and that has the officers in charge of monitoring them struggling to balance limited resources, large caseloads and increased responsibilities. The problem is compounded in the state’s most populous county, Ada, and

“This is the tragic culmination of eight years of total failure by President Obama, who has routinely attacked the police, rendered judgement when he didn’t know anything about what was going on and has increased the sense of racial hostility.” – Newt Gingrich on Milwaukee riots

Climate scientists missed it again. This ran in the BBC News back in 2007.  In fact, climate predictions have not been correct once that I know of. 

Fascism 101. Wyoming — Shortly after they realized the potential for wind energy creation in Wyoming, renewable energy companies began constructing turbines on private property and then selling the clean power they generated to the residents. However, shortly after their ventures began, Wyoming government officials, acting on behalf of fossil fuel interests, moved in for the kill.

From Stanford University: Summary Statement Given the stakes in the outcome of the American presidential elections, ensuring the integrity of the electoral process is of the utmost importance. Are the results we are witnessing in the 2016 primary elections trustworthy? While Donald Trump enjoyed a clear and early edge over his Republican rivals, the Democratic