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  Seated in his office here, wearing neither a necktie nor a frown, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is remarkably relaxed for someone at the epicenter of a crisis now in its second year and with no end in sight. But, then, stress is pointless when the situation is hopeless. Besides, if you can ignore the […]

Educators to receive 2.25 percent salary increase, and benefits increased from 39.5% to 46.5%, minimum starting pay $32,703.  Not bad for working 9 months per year.  The Moscow Education Association and Moscow School District ended months of negotiations Wednesday as they tentatively agreed to a 2.25 percent salary increase for teachers for the upcoming school

A portion of a proposed $10 million general obligation bond would go toward construction of a new Moscow Police Department office. The Moscow City Council will consider passage of the city’s proposed $73.8 million budget for the 2017 fiscal year after a public hearing is held during the council’s 7 p.m. meeting Monday. The proposed

The Idaho State Board of Education is set to start tackling the issue of alcohol at University of Idaho football games during its monthly meeting Thursday. In June the state board ended a 1 year pilot program allowing the UI and Boise State University to sell alcohol outside their stadiums at official pregame football functions.

State regulators have fined the federal government and one of its contractors $50,000 for mishandling hazardous waste at Hanford. That is pittance.  The Department of Ecology said Tuesday it issued the penalty to the U.S. Department of Energy and CH2M Hill for violations at Hanford’s T Plant. The facility is used to store and treat

You may apply and pay us money not to grope and harass you… Oh, and even when you pay your “fee”, you are not guaranteed to be granted a TSA-Pre status (take it from someone who knows).  The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is now one of 47 airports where travelers can apply for a program aimed

Note: these reactors output one-tenth the power that a nuclear aircraft carrier does. These are small reactors.  A Utah energy cooperative has selected a site to build a small commercial nuclear reactor in eastern Idaho. The Post Register reports  that Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems on Tuesday identified a 35-acre site at the 890-square-mile Idaho

Evangelist Franklin Graham visited Boise Wednesday as part of a nationwide tour to call on Christians to vote and pray for America, according to a press release from Graham’s organization. Thousands packed the steps of the Idaho Statehouse and Capitol Park to watch Graham speak. Graham had been an advocate for Boise resident Saeed Abedini

Appearing via video link at the US Green Party’s national convention in Houston, Texas, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said electing Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is like choosing between “cholera or gonorrhea.” No Title WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange addressed the US Green Party’s national convention via video link in Houston, Texas, on Saturday RT LIVE

In less than two months (October 6, 2016) it will be 4,000 days since the last time a major hurricane made landfall in the U.S., which was Wilma on October 24, 2005.  Wilma was a record-setter, being the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record, with peak estimated sustained winds of 183 mph and lowest surface pressure

Hillary Clinton’s health could be taking a nose-dive, people are speculating, after the presidential candidate was seen being escorted by staffers up a flight of stairs on the campaign trail in South Carolina. Twitter / Account Suspended From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.

The family of a 14-year-old who was arrested in September for bringing a homemade clock to his Texas high school and then charged with having a “hoax bomb” has filed a federal lawsuit against school officials for violating his civil rights.   “For the safety of my family, I have to go back to Qatar,

Hillary Clinton is facing a lawsuit in the midst of her presidential campaign, as the parents of Americans slain in Benghazi have decided they have had enough and are suing her for wrongful death and defamation, among other things. Read more here. 

The rise of ‘third’ party candidates such as Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Jill Stein has prompted the controversial Commission on Presidential Debates to issue a heads-up to this year’s hosts that they might need a bigger stage. Read more here. 

Rising concerns about US soldier obesity are pushing the Pentagon to rewrite fitness standards for the first time in 14 years. New rules are expected by the end of the year, but there is much disagreement about what they should be. Read full article here.