By Kimberlee Kruesi/Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A plan to bump Idaho’s legal smoking age from 18 to 21 died Friday when it failed to win enough support among conservative lawmakers wary of curbing individual freedoms. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Fred Martin, R-Boise, would have applied to smoking, chewing tobacco and alternative nicotine
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Author: Sarah Glenn
Coeur d’Alene lawmaker says businesses should have to pay upwards of $300,000 for Idaho liquor license
By Betsy Z. Russell , Staff Writer, The Spokesman-Review BOISE – It’s time to reform the restrictive liquor license system that’s left some Idaho restaurants on waiting lists for years and driven the price of a liquor license in Coeur d’Alene to $300,000, Coeur d’Alene Rep. Luke Malek said Friday. Malek introduced legislation to set
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Christie mentor avoids prison time in United bribery scandal
By David Porter/Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The former head of one of the nation’s most powerful transportation agencies and a longtime mentor to Gov. Chris Christie was sentenced Monday to four years’ probation and home confinement for pressuring United Airlines to reinstate a money-losing flight route to give him easier access to his
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Bird flu found at Tyson Foods chicken supplier
NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of chickens have been destroyed at a Tennessee chicken farm due to a bird flu outbreak and 30 other farms within a six-mile radius have been quarantined. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 73,500 chickens were destroyed at the facility and will not enter the food system. The
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US factory orders up 1.2 percent in January
By Martin Crutsinger/AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses increased their orders in January, although a key component that tracks business investment spending fell for the first time in four months. Factory orders rose 1.2 percent, led by a jump in demand for aircraft, the Commerce Department reported Monday. Orders had risen 1.3 percent
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Scientists tweak seat cushion material to clean oil spills
By Malcolm Ritter/AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Federal researchers have created a new tool to clean up oil spills by tinkering with the kind of foam found in seat cushions. The modified foam can soak up oil floating on water and lurking below the surface, and then can be repeatedly wrung out and
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UK lawmakers to companies: End sexist high-heel dress codes
By Jill Lawless/Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a debate that has gone from office corridors to Britain’s Parliament, lawmakers put their foot down Monday and told employers to stop making women wear high heels as part of corporate dress codes. Members of Parliament debated a ban on mandatory workplace high heels, in response to
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Idaho pump prices back in the top 10
Press Release BOISE – National average gas prices have remained fairly flat for the last 29 days, but Idaho isn’t sharing in the good news. Local supply issues recently pushed Gem State pump prices into the nation’s top ten. Idaho’s average price today is $2.44, up seven cents in the past month and fourteen cents
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Idaho’s Workforce Development Task Force to Meet March 3
Idaho Department of Labor News Release Presentations from Idaho associations and state agencies will comprise the majority of the Governor’s Workforce Development Task Force meeting March 3. It runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the West Conference Room on the first floor of the J.R. Williams Building, 700 W. State St. in Boise.
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Idaho lawmakers eye changes to natural gas and oil rules
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill intended to make significant changes to how Idaho regulates the state’s developing natural gas and oil industry has been introduced in the House Health and Welfare Committee. The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/2lhsxo5) that Republican Rep. Judy Boyle of Midvale introduced the bill Wednesday. “This is a complete rewrite of
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