BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 4 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: Governor Brad Little announced today he appointed Gary Osborn of Troy to the district 2 position on the Idaho Transportation Board, serving Nez Perce, Latah, Idaho, Clearwater and Lewis counties. Osborn is a lifelong farmer in Latah County who operates a family farm that was established in 1917. He has served on the Soil Conservation Board for Latah County, the local school board, and  more

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: Attorney General Lawrence Wasden today announced the resolution of a consumer protection investigation into a contractor's business practices. Veasy E. Glenn, the owner of Glenn Construction, entered into a consent judgment that permanently prohibits him from working as a contractor in Idaho. The settlement agreement entered in Bonner County District Court also requires Glenn, of   more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 1 -- Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden issued the following news release: Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced the State of Idaho and participating local governments have reached an agreement on how to allocate opioid settlement funds. On August 24, 2021, the attorney general and Governor Brad Little announced their intention to join two national opioid settlements, totaling up to $119 million for the state and participating counties and cities. Since then, t  more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 1 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: Governor Brad Little commented today on the action by a Louisiana court granting a nationwide injunction today in the "CMS case," which temporarily stops implementation of President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate on healthcare workers in Idaho. Governor Little and Attorney General Wasden filed the lawsuit on behalf of the State of Idaho earlier this month. "The courts are recognizing President   more

BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 1 -- The Idaho State Board of Education issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: The Idaho State Board of Education today approved five education-related pending rules that will be submitted for consideration by the Idaho Legislature when it convenes in January. All of the pending rules went through the negotiated rule making process earlier in the year, including a 21-day public comment period. The Board approved three Omnibus pending rules, one of which inclu  more

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 4 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: University of Montana first-year student Tori Matteson can't point to a specific event that peaked her interest in becoming a pharmacist - there aren't any in her family - but her curiosity about medicine started early in her high school years growing up in Butte. When it came time to enroll in college she looked at a few pharmacy schools in California and Idaho, but in the end it was "UM all the way," sh  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 1 (TNSRes) -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news release: * * * USC Viterbi design team, SC Solar Car, is working to build a fully solar-powered vehicle with plans to compete in the 2022 American Solar Challenge. * * * Building a fully operational electric car, powered only by the sun, from scratch, is no small undertaking. Now, imagine racing it over a thousand miles on the Oregon Trail this summer -  more