About the people on your ballot: Idaho candidates, debate coverage
WEBNov 1, 2022 · The Idaho Capital Sun has interviewed candidates who are on the ballot in every statewide race. Here, you can find all our profiles and coverage of debates between the people who want to represent you in Boise or Washington, D.C. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. statewide, and voters can register at the ...
Idaho Surface Water Coalition submits draft of groundwater …
WEBAug 29, 2024 · The Idaho Surface Water Coalition on Thursday announced that it has submitted a draft of a groundwater management plan to the state ahead of a Sept. 1 deadline Gov. Brad Little set. Water issues came to a head in Idaho on May 30 when the Idaho Department of Water Resources issued a curtailment order requiring 6,400 junior water rights holders ...
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little says human safety is his top priority as large ...
WEBAug 30, 2024 · The Wapiti Fire isn’t the only large wildfire in Idaho. On Thursday, the Boise-based National Interagency Fire Center reported there were 15 large wildfires in Idaho, which have burned more than 209,000 acres.. This summer, Little participated in aerial tours of Gwen Fire and Texas Fire that burned near Lapwai and Kendrick in July and visited the Paddock Fire that burned near Emmett, where ...
Utah files ambitious lawsuit to take control of 18.5 million acres of ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Utah is suing the federal government over how it manages public land in the state, again. But unlike past legal challenges, which target specific national monuments or policies, the scope of the lawsuit filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is massive, questioning whether the Bureau of Land Management’s claim to 18.5 million acres of land — about 34% of the entire state — is ...
Should Idaho’s minimum wage be raised? Experts ... - Idaho …
WEBMay 3, 2021 · ‘The best way to think about it — we all have to pay rent’ Kyle Brookman, a Boise State University economics lecturer, said raising the minimum wage is not only necessary, it’s practical. “If you take the current minimum wage at $7.25 an hour, and you assume someone works eight hours a day, five days a week, and 52 weeks a year — with no vacation or sick days — they’re making ...
Evacuation order issued as Wapiti Fire spreads near Idaho’s …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · Section of Highway 21 closed, evacuation order issued as over 35,000 acre Wapiti Fire spreads under ‘extreme behavior’. Spreading under what officials call “extreme behavior,” the over 35,000 acre Wapiti Fire burns past a tree line near Stanley Lake, in a photo taken Aug. 22. (Courtesy of Custer County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page)
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A year in the making, the $75 million Idaho Launch program opens ...
WEBOct 3, 2023 · This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Oct. 3, 2023.. Idaho Launch officially got off the ground on Tuesday morning.. The state began taking applications for the new postsecondary grant program — which could provide financial aid for 9,000 to 10,000 high school graduates pursuing a job in an in-demand career.
Republicans sweep statewide, federal offices in Idaho’s general ...
WEBNov 9, 2022 · Voters fill out their ballots at O’Connor Field House in Caldwell, Idaho, on November 8, 2022. (Otto Kitsinger for the Idaho Capital Sun) Idaho Republicans made a clean sweep of races for statewide office in the 2022 midterm election, including federal congressional races, with 72% of counties reporting results as of early Wednesday morning.