By Courtney Johnson POCATELLO — A team of Idaho State University seniors from the College of Business returned from the Idaho Entrepreneurial Challenge in Boise with a first-place award and over $15,000. Three other teams from ISU also won awards over the weekend. ISU’s College of Business students were one of eight university teams at
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Author: Sarah Glenn
Stocks mixed as markets, and Idaho, await Trump’s China visit
Journal Staff and Associated Press Reports SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday after disappointing U.S. car sales data contributed to a bleak day on Wall Street. Investors are cautiously awaiting President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president later this week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent to
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Stocks mixed as markets, and Idaho, await Trump’s China visit
Journal Staff and Associated Press Reports SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday after disappointing U.S. car sales data contributed to a bleak day on Wall Street. Investors are cautiously awaiting President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president later this week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent to
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Stocks mixed as markets, and Idaho, await Trump’s China visit
Journal Staff and Associated Press Reports SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower on Tuesday after disappointing U.S. car sales data contributed to a bleak day on Wall Street. Investors are cautiously awaiting President Donald Trump’s meeting with the Chinese president later this week. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.6 percent to
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Idaho inmates: Prison violations led to amputations, death
By Rebecca Boone/Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho inmates are asking a federal judge to penalize the state after saying prison officials repeatedly violated a settlement plan in a long-running lawsuit over health care, leading to amputations and other serious injuries and even some prisoners’ deaths. In a series of documents filed in federal
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GOP lawmakers to launch Idaho Freedom Caucus
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two Republican lawmakers say they are starting a new legislative caucus made up of Idaho’s most conservative House members. GOP Reps. Mike Kingsley of Lewiston and Bryan Zollinger of Idaho Falls announced Monday that they are launching the Idaho Freedom Caucus. The group is based loosely on a similar group in
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Trump takes aim at Obama’s efforts to curb global warming
By Matthew Daly and Jill Colvin/ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving forward with a campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to curb global warming, President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to
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Gov. Otter vetoes 2 state employee benefit bills
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has vetoed his first pieces of legislation of sent to him by the Legislature. On Friday, Otter nixed a proposal requiring the state to offer state employee health insurance plans that utilize health savings accounts, or HSAs. Otter criticized the bill for having too many complications, arguing
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Retailers Ask House to ‘Close the Book’ on Obamacare by Passing Repeal-and-Replace Legislation
By The National Retail Federation Commentary WASHINGTON – The National Retail Federation today urged the House to approve Obamacare repeal-and-replace legislation expected to come up for a vote this week, and said the issue would be counted as a key vote in its annual voting scorecard. “It is time now to finally close the book
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Otter: Modernize oil and gas laws and protect landowner rights
By Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter and House Speaker Scott Bedke Legislation working its way through the Capitol in the 2017 session’s waning days would provide Idaho, as a relatively new producer of oil and gas, with the protections and expertise it needs to safely and responsibly nurture and regulate this emerging industry. House Bill
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