This week, the Bureau of Reclamation released the Klamath Project 2021 Temporary Operations Plan, which was developed in response to consecutive years of drought conditions in the Klamath Basin. Decisions were made to use the limited water to assist the ...
Read More »A note from the editor
Construction is always one of our most popular topics, and our focus section this week is on this important area. Besides, it lends itself to such great headline puns — “Building on Idaho” and so on. Our main article this ...
Read More »Idaho business community supports higher education
Nearly 100 members of Idaho Business for Education (IBE) recently wrote an open letter to the members of the Idaho House of Representatives. We wrote this letter because we are concerned with the anti-education campaign that has been waged this ...
Read More »Congressman Simpson should put Idaho first, do no harm
The expression “first do no harm” is a popular phrase often attributed to the Hippocratic oath taken by doctors. The idea is that it may be better to do nothing rather than intervening and causing more harm than good. The ...
Read More »Listening to my constituents on the Columbia Basin Initiative
Recently I met with county commissioners from Twin Falls, Gooding, Shoshone, Lincoln, Jerome and Minidoka, and I was able to discuss my Columbia Basin Initiative to address ending the perennial lawsuits, creating certainty for agriculture and salmon recovery. I was ...
Read More »Idaho voters must not reward their own suppression
The ballot initiative is the voice of the people. It’s the only mechanism for Idahoans to enact a law when legislators won’t listen. This session, Idahoans’ ballot initiative rights were put on the chopping block, and GOP legislators swung the ...
Read More »Time for Idaho businesses to step up, lead from the front
It started with criticism of Boise State University’s first woman president. Then they attacked freshman survey classes in Boise and at North Idaho College, the main institution that trains talent and provides upward mobility for thousands of citizens in North ...
Read More »A note from the editor
The Legislature is back in town and one of the items they still need to tackle in the next two weeks or so is Gov. Brad Little’s request for transportation funding. We were fortunate to score a one-on-one with the ...
Read More »The correlation between collection rates, HOA culture
Homeowners association collection rates might be unsettling to those who believe they are exempt to pay or feel rules don’t apply to them. Most, however, do the right thing and do understand the concept of community living. Those few who ...
Read More »Keeping Idaho’s courts open amid COVID-19
Every day, members of our communities visit our local courthouses. Some are there to make or defend a legal claim or perhaps to pay a ticket. Others come to serve as witnesses or jurors. In addition, I cannot overlook the ...
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