By Courtney Johnson POCATELLO – For the past 14 years, Idaho State University’s Beta Alpha Psi accounting club has held a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. With tax season upon us, the VITA program will again be offered to students and community members alike at no cost. “It helps the public out and it helps
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Author: Sarah Glenn
Spent nuclear fuel shipment to Idaho lab remains in limbo
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The director of the Idaho National Laboratory says it’s problematic whether a small quantity of spent nuclear fuel needed for research will be allowed into Idaho this spring. The lab renegotiated a research agreement to allow the shipment to be received later this year, Mark Peters told the Post Register
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Spent nuclear fuel shipment to Idaho lab remains in limbo
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The director of the Idaho National Laboratory says it’s problematic whether a small quantity of spent nuclear fuel needed for research will be allowed into Idaho this spring. The lab renegotiated a research agreement to allow the shipment to be received later this year, Mark Peters told the Post Register
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BLM approves final routes for Gateway West transmission line
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has authorized the final routes connecting the high-voltage Gateway West transmission line project between southwestern Idaho and central Wyoming. The BLM’s Record of Decision, signed Friday, means Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power can build and operate 321 miles of 500-kilovolt transmission lines on public land
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Push to save Pacific Rim trade deal after US exits TPP pact
By Kristen Gelineau/Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Several countries expressed hope Tuesday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership could be salvaged, after President Donald Trump’s decision on a U.S. withdrawal from the trade pact left its future in serious jeopardy. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged Trump’s move was a massive blow to the 12-nation agreement, but
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Push to save Pacific Rim trade deal after US exits TPP pact
By Kristen Gelineau/Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Several countries expressed hope Tuesday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership could be salvaged, after President Donald Trump’s decision on a U.S. withdrawal from the trade pact left its future in serious jeopardy. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged Trump’s move was a massive blow to the 12-nation agreement, but
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Idaho unemployment rate drops to 3.7 percent
The unemployment rate in Idaho ticked even lower in December, to 3.7 percent, after five straight months at 3.8 percent. A year ago the seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 3.9 percent. The total number of people working in Idaho increased by about 300, to 784,200, the Idaho Labor Department said Friday. The state’s labor force
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Idaho unemployment rate drops to 3.7 percent
The unemployment rate in Idaho ticked even lower in December, to 3.7 percent, after five straight months at 3.8 percent. A year ago the seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 3.9 percent. The total number of people working in Idaho increased by about 300, to 784,200, the Idaho Labor Department said Friday. The state’s labor force
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US fights Microsoft’s bid to tell users when feds take data
By Martha Bellisle/Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department asked a judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit from Microsoft and keep a law that prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data. Microsoft says its customers have a constitutional right to know when the government collects their
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US fights Microsoft’s bid to tell users when feds take data
By Martha Bellisle/Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department asked a judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit from Microsoft and keep a law that prohibits technology companies from telling customers when the government demands their electronic data. Microsoft says its customers have a constitutional right to know when the government collects their
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