By Jennifer C. Kerr/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most drivers don’t expect to be hit with a rate hike on their auto insurance after a car accident that wasn’t their fault. But a consumer group says it happens, and it’s a problem. The Washington-based Consumer Federation of America says it found rate hikes on annual
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By Carolyn Thompson /Associated Press WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Teachers from elementary school through college are telling students how to distinguish between factual and fictional news — and why they should care that there’s a difference. As Facebook works with The Associated Press, FactCheck.org and other organizations to curb the spread of fake and misleading
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By Lisa Marie Pane/Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — They are the stuff of legend, wielded by hit men and by James Bond. For decades, buying a silencer for a firearm has been as difficult as buying a machine gun, requiring a background check that can take close to a year. Now, emboldened by the election
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By Emily Valla/Better Business Bureau An Idaho man recently received got a phone call to his cellphone. It showed up as a local number, and as a business person, he needs to answer the phone even when he doesn’t recognize the number. A recorded voice was on the other end. “Hi, this is Allison from
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By Betsy Z. Russell/Spokesman Review Staff Writer BOISE – Idaho lawmakers have just finished a full week of hearings on health and human services budgets, and while major changes and initiatives are underway in some areas, there was little talk about how to close the state’s health coverage gap. A joint legislative working group that
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By Cynthia Sewell Back in 1996, Boise’s bus service, then called Boise Urban Stages, received a national award from the American Public Transit Association for being an outstanding transit system with 50 or fewer buses. A 56 percent increase in ridership over three years helped propel BUS to that honor: Ridership on the 36-bus system
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Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho transportation officials put together a $450,000 emergency repair project when pavement on Interstate 90 broke apart this winter. The transportation department says people’s lives were at stake when a midwinter thaw caused potholes to open up on I-90 through Coeur d’Alene, reported The Spokesman-Review (http://bit.ly/2jUt229 ). The
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Associated Press Updates WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local Monday night): 10:10 p.m. Dana Boente has been sworn in as acting attorney general after Donald Trump fired Sally Yates for refusing to enforce his travel ban. White House spokesman Michael Short says Boente was sworn in around 9 p.m.
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Associated Press Updates WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local Monday night): 10:10 p.m. Dana Boente has been sworn in as acting attorney general after Donald Trump fired Sally Yates for refusing to enforce his travel ban. White House spokesman Michael Short says Boente was sworn in around 9 p.m.
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Press Release BOISE – The Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy released a report examining the impacts of proposed House Bill 67 and the current budget context. The proposal would cut top income tax and corporate tax rates and includes an elimination of the income tax on the first, small portion of a household’s income. The legislation
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