BOISE, Idaho, May 26 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Labrador sued Michael D. Lansky, LLC, which does business under the name Avid Telecom, its owner Michael Lansky, and its vice president Stacey S. Reeves, for allegedly initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people and violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and other federal and state telemarketing and c  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 25 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released an Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (IPDES) preliminary draft permit to the city of Post Falls for preliminary review on May 18, 2023. The facility has ten 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 prelimina  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 25 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Idaho Falls Regional Office is requesting permission to sample private wells within the Ashton-Drummond Nitrate Priority Area, which is known to be impacted by elevated nitrates in groundwater. DEQ's priority will be to sample areas where aquifer flow directly contributes to local public drinking water sources. Nitrates in groundwater are a concern  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 24 -- The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news: The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announces a public comment period, May 23-June 12, 2023, concerning the following draft documents, which, upon final DEQ Board acceptance, will govern the state fiscal year 2024: 1. State Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plan--contains the priority lists for the loan projects, emerging contaminants projects, and lead service line i  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 26 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Governor Brad Little, Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, and House Speaker Mike Moyle announced the members of the new Parent Advisory Council today. The purpose of the Parent Advisory Council is to advise the State Board of Education on ways to "implement, administer, and improve" the Empowering Parents grant program. The council was established in Idaho Code 33-1032. It will include seven members - thre  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, May 23 (TNSpar) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Virginia Tech is a founding member of an 11-university network spanning the U.S. and Japan that has partnered with Micron Technology Inc. and the U.S. National Science Foundation to cultivate a more diverse and robust talent pipeline for the semiconductor workforce. Boise, Idaho-based Micron announced the partnership, known as UPWARDS for the Future, on May 21, at the edge of the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japa  more