Looming legislative health-care battle
POSTED: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 09:42 AM PTBY: Suzanne Budge
Many people understandably thought the great health-care battle was settled by this year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on NFIB v. Sebelius, which upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more popularly called Obamacare. Not so. An action taken in December by Gov. Butch Otter sets the stage for an almost-certain legislative [...]
A regulatory framework for gas drilling that works well for Idaho
POSTED: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11:14 AM PTBY: Suzanne Budge
Tags: Idaho Petroleum Council
Like many Idahoans who work in the sciences and natural-resource industries, I have long heard about gas deposits in and around Payette and Washington counties. Nearly three years ago, Bridge Resources invested time and capital and took a risk on drilling to see if those historic “shows” of gas meant there were economic deposits in [...]
