By Kimberlee Kruesi/ Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s U.S. Sen. Jim Risch said Thursday Congress needs to find a bipartisan solution to improving health care in the United States. The Republican lawmaker spoke out on health care after a small group of activists surprised Risch at a small business forum co-sponsored by Facebook
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Chobani employee lawsuit alleges age discrimination
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Another former employee of the Chobani yogurt plant in Idaho has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of age discrimination. Virginia Tucker, who worked as a maintenance technician at the Twin Falls plant from January 2013 until she was fired in June 2015, filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court. The
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With labor shortage, Idaho inmates learn farm work
By Olivia Weitz/Idaho Press-Tribune CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — Matthew Davidson could patch roads or do janitorial work during his time at the South Idaho Correctional Institution, but he’s decided to harvest fruit instead. Davidson is part of a 20-person crew that works at the Caldwell-based Symms Fruit Ranch in an offender training program run by
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AAA: New vehicle owners pay a premium for pickups
Average new car nearly $8,500 per year to own/operate; pickups cost over $10,000 BOISE – New vehicle owners need to factor more than a monthly payment into their purchase decisions. According to a new study by AAA, the average new vehicle costs nearly $8,500 annually to own and operate, while pickup truck owners pay
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Study: $4.2 billion needed to repair crumbling schools
Press Release WASHINGTON, DC – A new survey, conducted by the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools (NAFIS), identifies more than $4.2 billion in pressing construction needs at federally impacted school districts nationwide. These school districts encompass nontaxable Federal property, such as military installations, Indian lands, low-rent housing, and other Federal properties. School construction is
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AAA: Idaho pump prices to climb during eclipse event
Sharp rise in the number of Gem State visitors will likely drive fuel demand higher BOISE – As locations along the August 21 eclipse “path of totality” prepare for a massive influx of visitors anxious to witness the event, increased fuel demand will likely apply upward pressure on gas prices in Idaho and other
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UK says it may seek ‘temporary’ customs union with EU
By Jill Lawless /Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain on Tuesday gave its most detailed indication yet of how its future trade with the European Union might work after Brexit, laying out proposals to replace membership in the bloc’s customs union with new mechanisms designed to allow “frictionless” trade to continue. The plans were dismissed
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As the laid-off struggle, high-tech US plants offer jobs
By Dan Sewell and Christopher S. Rugaber /Associated Press Writers NORWOOD, Ohio (AP) — Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows — in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company’s plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows off a card from a
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Biz leaders quit Trump panel after Charlottesville comments
By Josh Boak and Michelle Chapman/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A fourth business leader resigned Tuesday from President Donald Trump’s White House jobs panel — the latest sign that corporate America’s romance with Trump is faltering after his initial half-hearted response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. The parade of departing leaders from
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6 lose jobs at Idaho treatment center after abuse claims
By Kimbersee Kruesi/Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Six employees at a treatment center for people with severe disabilities have lost their jobs after an investigation concluded that some staffers physically and psychologically abused residents, Idaho’s welfare agency said Tuesday. Two of the employees abused the residents at a unit of the Southwest Idaho Treatment
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