BOISE, Idaho, July 29 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following statement on July 28, 2022: * * * Governor Brad Little commented today after the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released data Thursday revealing the country's Gross Domestic Product decreased again in the second quarter of 2022 at the annual rate of 0.9-percent. "Every Idahoan is feeling the pressure of record-high inflation under President Biden's watch. The 'solutions' offered by the Biden Administration aren't solu  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 28 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release: The percentage of Idaho students who met SAT benchmarks this spring held steady from last year's scores in math and in writing, while the share of students who met both benchmarks dipped slightly. "It is encouraging to see that Idaho students have weathered the disruptions of the past year with minimal impacts," Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra said. "While many Idaho students are st  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 29 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is releasing an Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permit to the city of Rexburg for preliminary review. The facility has 10 days to review the preliminary draft permit and fact sheet for any errors and omissions that should be addressed before the public participation period. After the preliminary draft perio  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 26 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking grant applications for the FY23 source water protection funding cycle. Source water protection grants provide funding for projects that protect or reduce contamination of public drinking water sources. Eligible projects include: * Contaminant pathway removal (e.g., closure of abandoned or unused wells) * Contaminant source identific  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, July 28 -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Dozens of K-12 teachers in ancestral tribal homelands will soon work directly with tribal leadership and University of Idaho researchers to incorporate Indigenous knowledge and practice into STEM K-12 curriculum. The professional development program, called Cultivating Relationships, will be built and delivered in collaboration with tribal nations. A new $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation th  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, July 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: Ranches across the American West could make their grazing practices more sustainable through a virtual fence system being developed through a joint University of Idaho project. Newly awarded federal funding last month kickstarted a four-year field project for researchers at U of I and Washington State University to test the safety and efficacy of a prototype virtual fence system that uses novel featur  more