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Idaho lawmakers clash over budget, road funding - The Spokesman Review

The Spokesman Review, WA - Apr 15, 2009

Idaho lawmakers clash over budget, road funding“Both of these bills are revenue bills, and I suspect amendments would have to do with funding of Idaho’s infrastructure,” McGee said. Otter for the past two years has urged increases in gas taxes and vehicle registration fees to cover an estimated

The Eco-Pig Book: Pork Barrel Spending on Environmental Projects

Daily Green - Apr 15, 2009

D.) $2000000 for environmental infrastructure at Springfield Hospital - then-rep. David Hobson (R-Ohio) $2000000 for Harper’s Ferry National Historic Park - Sen. Robert Byrd (DW.Va.) $2000000 for Henry’s Lake - then-Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) $2000000

Springing laws - Boise Weekly

Boise Weekly, USA - Apr 15, 2009

Springing lawsSome CEOs of leading Idaho companies showed up early in the session to advocate for better infrastructure but that was a far cry from a popular uprising. Thirdly—and this could just be me—Idaho politics, at the state level, have just become too

SNS Silver Completes Lease Agreement for Sunshine Mine in Idaho - Earthtimes (press release)

Earthtimes (press release), UK - Apr 15, 2009

SNS Silver Completes Lease Agreement for Sunshine Mine in Idaho has completed and signed a Mining Lease Agreement for the operation of the Sunshine Mine near Wallace, Idaho. An advisory team of eminent mining professionals recently completed an assessment of the property on SNS' behalf (infrastructure, geology,

Idaho Power Officials Alert After Electric Grid Hackers - KIVI-TV

KIVI-TV, ID - Apr 11, 2009

Idaho Power Officials Alert After Electric Grid HackersINL reviewed our infrastructure against this threat and did not identify it as a risk. Idaho Power's infrastructure is designed with an "air gap" between the internet and our EMS. The air gap is a strong preventive measure against external threats. Hackers break into electric grid Editorial: Officials must prevent future intrusion into US

Springing laws - Boise Weekly

15.04.09

On the final day of the 2003 Idaho Legislative session, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne made an impromptu stop at the press pit in the basement of the old Statehouse. He presented the entire Capitol press corps with Army-green T-shirts reading, "I was embedded with the 57th Idaho Legislature."

That session, still the longest in state history, featured intense protests from the education sector, a lame debate on tort reform and ended with a penny increase in the sales tax.

Kempthorne didn't get everything he wanted, but he managed to save face and drive a hard bargain. More importantly, he was fairly clear, in his own obfuscating manner, as to what he was trying to do. Clear with the press and, by extension, the public.

We reveled in attempting to figure out his next move and their next move. It was like the proverbial and cliched game of chess—what would Kempthorne veto? Which lawmakers were headed to his office? Who was the real conservative?

That was the first legislative session I covered. This year, I have not spent every waking moment at the Capitol Annex trying to figure out the end game. In fact, I haven't been there for a week.

Source: Boise Weekly, USA