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Farm Bill gives me nada for my corn

A couple of years ago I called Idaho potato magnate J. R. Simplot to ask him about farm subsidies. There was an Associated Press story coming across the wire that listed billionaire-farmer Simplot as one of the largest recipients of government farm subsidies in the country, and since Simplot is a major player in southwest Idaho, my editor wanted his side of the story. Continue reading

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Ridenbaugh Press has 10 hotter races

Randy Stapilus at Ridenbaugh Press has winnowed out our earlier list of 10 key primary races across the state. Since we picked our primaries last month some of the field has changed. Continue reading

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Takasugi: lawmakers shouldn’t just throw labels around

Curtis Bowers, the District 10 state representative that claimed in an Idaho Press Tribune column earlier this year to have infiltrated a 1992 Communist Party meeting in Berkley, recently told a small Canyon County crowd that he is against three things: liberalism, statism and post-modernism.

At the same forum Bowers’ opponent Pat Takasugi, accused the incumbent, in a video message, of being bogged down in philosophical issues. Continue reading

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Guns, Confederate flags at Idaho high school

Following an alleged racial incident in which a white teacher confiscated and trashed a Mexican flag, a Rupert high school is embroiled in immigration politics. Continue reading

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Kuwaiti sand rolling this week

Grandview dump got 800,000 tons of waste in ’07 from 37 states. Boise-based American Ecology, US Ecology’s parent company, reported revenue last year of $165.5 million with gross profit of $45.5 million. Sewell in the Statesman. Continue reading

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Canyon GOP candidates scoff at CO2

At least four Canyon County Republican Legislative candidates believe that trees and alfalfa benefit from rising CO2 levels and some are happy to provide it to them in the form of auto exhaust.
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PaleoMedia.org’s Hot 10 primary races

With about six weeks to go until Idaho’s Primary Elections, PaleoMedia.org is picking the 10 hottest races across the state. We will be covering these races here and on the forums, so jump in and tell us what’s happening in your neighborhood. Continue reading

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Craig to write energy book

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig recently revealed that he plans to write a book about the nation’s energy future after he leaves the Senate. Craig hinted at the book recently during a stop in American Falls, Idaho. Continue reading

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Idaho’s best online news, now prettier

Take a tour around our new design. Try out The Forums, read our improved Newsrack, and use our content more efficiently. Continue reading

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Otter heading to Mexico

Gov. C. L. “Butch” Otter is traveling to Mexico in two weeks with representatives from 16 Idaho companies. But the early onset Montezuma’s Revenge came from the Capitol Annex. Continue reading

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Flip floppers in the press pit

I would say that standing in our monkey suits surrounded by the body we cover and reciting a loyalty oath that has been gerrymandered into a Christian prayer is no way to start the day in a fair and balanced manner.

How’s that for burying the lead? Continue reading

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Pay to play: The social lives of pols

They’re not just talking baseball nightly at the smoking table at Leku Ona.

One afternoon last week Clete Edmunson, a former legislator who runs damage control on education for the governor’s office, told Unda’ the Rotunda that working the Legislature is all work, no play.

“Most of them don’t do anything after hours,” Edmunson said.

Yeah, right… Continue reading

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