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AEH lost $3.4 million in 2007
Auditor reports that Idaho nuclear energy company future in doubt. Only $324,431 in assets remain for Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., according to Rotenberg and Co. audit.
Craig to get day in court
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will have his day in court at 12:40 p.m. on Sept. 10 before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The three judge panel includes Judge Thomas J. Kalitowski, Judge Natalie E. Hudson, and Judge Louise Bjorkman.
Unda’ column inspires fundy quiz
A recent scan of the Gem State Voter Guide–a guide for Christian fundamentalist voters who like guns and nuclear power and home schooling and big business–revealed an interesting test for Primary Election candidates: “Protect right of legislative chaplains to pray according to their convictions including “in Jesus’ name.”
Secret Service Said So
The city and the Governor’s Office are in the midst of a parking spat, with city parking officials irked that Otter’s security Suburban regularly parks on the sidewalk outside of the Borah Building.
WSJ loves Idaho Democrats
Why is the Wall Street Journal spilling so much ink on Idaho Democrats? In the past month, two WSJ stories have touched on the chances of Democrats Larry LaRocco and Walt Minnick to upset the Republican stranglehold on Idaho politics.
Plutonium waste headed for New Mexico
Idaho reached a deal with the Federal Government to remove some of the “transuranic” waste buried at the National Lab after 35 years.
VA. company got 70% of IVA funds
A Times-News investigation showed that lots of charter, virtual school money is going to out-of-state corporations, which have an increasing influence on the Idaho State Department of Education…
Obama’s hopeful, changeling vocab
Says John Rember, who knows of what he speaks: Barack Obama really does offer hope. It’s because of the way he uses the language. Obama uses English the same way George Orwell used English, as a tool to expose possibility rather than obscure it…
What ever happened to Rodolfo?
I was the first foreign journalist to talk with Rodolfo Montiel Flores who, in March of 1998, was engaged in intense confrontations with loggers in his home area of Petatlán in Mexico’s Guerrero State. Flores was jailed and then became an environmental icon for his work. I’d like to hear from him again…
Secret out-of-state corporate tax breaks revealed
An Idaho tax commission auditor revealed a long-standing practice of secret tax settlements with out of state corporations that cost millions. Auditor Stan Howland, near retirment: “This allows these companies to avoid paying millions of dollars of income tax that are properly due the state of Idaho, and to do so in complete secrecy…”
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