Several agriculture and industry leaders called on Congress to pass a new farm bill during a visit to Boise on Friday that was organized by the Western Caucus Foundation. A federal farm bill is a massive bill typically passed by Congress every five years. The farm bill includes payments and support programs for farmers, a ..read more

Growing union organizing across the country has triggered an anti-labor legislative response in some states, but cities and counties are increasingly pushing back, a new report found. The report, released this month by the New York University Wagner Labor Initiative and Local Progress Impact Lab, a group for local elected officials focused on economic and racial ..read more

For now, the CuMo Exploration Project is just that: Exploring, without full-scale mining operations. The test project proposed by the Idaho Copper Corporation would be outside Idaho City, a town home to less than 700 people about 30 miles northeast of Boise. A 2020 analysis found the project area could have deposits of silver and ..read more

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration has approved Idaho, North Dakota and American Samoa’s initial proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, a part of Biden-Harris administration’s “Internet for All” initiative. The approval enables the states and territory to request access to funding and begin implementation of the equity ..read more

The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests and Idaho Department of Fish and Game are working to improve north-central Idaho fish and wildlife habitats and restore forest ecosystem health. The years-long Good Neighbor Authority partnership now has another $1.3 million for the work, the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests announced in a news release Wednesday. “We’ve demonstrated our ..read more

This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Sept. 11, 2024. Some school districts are struggling to cover routine maintenance costs — even as the state is delivering the largest single investment in school facilities in Idaho history.  House Bill 521, enacted this year by Idaho Gov. Brad Little and the Idaho Legislature, directed an ..read more

More than half of Idaho’s wastewater treatment plants violated Clean Water Act pollution discharge limits at least once last year, while some plants routinely violated limits for years, according to a new report by the Idaho Conservation League. The report, “The seventh annual Idaho Wastewater Treatment Plant Report: Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants in Idaho Failing ..read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education named the first six organizations to participate in the phased rollout of the 2025-26 form to apply for federal financial student aid Wednesday, and opened up the interest form for high schools, school districts and other entities to get involved in its next three testing periods. In August ..read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a six-month stopgap spending bill from heading to the floor for a vote Wednesday, scuttling efforts by the GOP to show solidarity behind their plan, which included a provision requiring ID to register to vote in federal elections. The spending bill, released by House Republicans last week ..read more

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump touted policy proposals and traded barbs Tuesday during a presidential debate packed with promises to revive America’s economy and riddled with Trump’s falsehoods about abortion, the 2020 election results and immigration. The debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia hosted by ABC News just 56 ..read more