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After nearly five years of planning, the City of Boise is heading toward its 20-year implementation phase of a Water Renewal Utility Plan, and discussions of funding that plan are currently underway. Officials are proud of the public engagement used ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Voting rights advocates and state officials are on high alert over fears that U.S. polling stations could attract the same strain of partisan violence and civil unrest that erupted on American streets this year, fueled by ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers in Idaho have considered ways to increase air travel in the state as flights have been reduced or eliminated in recent years, stunting economic growth. Horizon Air stopped direct flights from the Lewiston airport to ...

An unhappy Gov. Brad Little announced that Idaho will return to a modified Rebound Stage Three due to the current explosion of new COVID-19 cases throughout Idaho. He explained that he was taking this step because Idaho’s hospitals were approaching ...

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This is a tale of two governors and the importance they place on every state’s largest job-generator, small businesses. One governor, Idaho’s Brad Little, believes having that generator well-oiled is the best way to aid his state’s recovery from the ...

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials on Monday approved a contract with Florida-based vendor ClassWallet to distribute $50 million in federal coronavirus emergency money to low-income families to help children learn during the coronavirus pandemic. The Idaho State Board of ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The top official at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said on Oct. 15 he’s still working despite a federal judge ruling he’s illegally holding the position. “I love this job,” William Perry Pendley said, adding ...

Kootenai County has a problem. Its highways were last updated back when President Richard Nixon resigned. Since that time, the county’s population has exploded 340% and all those people are driving around on 800 miles of antiquated highways more than ...

In the Treasure Valley, the hottest contest in the upcoming general election is not the one for U.S. President. It’s the tussle over three seats on the Board of Commissioners of the Ada  County Highway Department. At stake is the ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the state of Idaho’s bid to overturn a case involving a transgender inmate who sued state officials to obtain sex reassignment surgery. The Court had ruled 7-2 in ...