BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and 24 states challenged the Biden Administration's most radical regulations yet on tailpipe emissions. The President's plan would forcibly phase out gas-powered vehicles and restructure the automobile industry around electric vehicles (EVs) at a breakneck pace. The draconian proposal aims to boost certain EV sales from 8.4% of total vehicle s  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 21 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Attorney General Raul Labrador has filed an amicus brief leading 23 states in Barnett v. Raoul challenging Illinois's unconstitutional semiautomatic weapons ban. On January 10, 2023, Illinois enacted HB 5471, the "Protect Illinois Communities Act." HB 5471 bans nearly every modern semiautomatic rifle, the most popular type of rifle in the United States. The law also bans certain  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release and letter: On June 20th, Attorney General Labrador led eight states and authored a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opposing its proposed "Conservation and Landscape Health" rule. The new rule proposed by the Bureau of Land Management allegedly enhances provisions for the agency to "protect intact landscapes, restore degraded habitat, and make wise management decisions based on scie  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho along with the Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement partners nationwide, including attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to U.S. consumers. The "Operation Stop Scam Calls" initiative builds on the efforts of Idaho and other state and federal p  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- The Idaho Department of Education issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Schools in Idaho will once again receive a record lottery dividend. This year's transfer of $82,000,000 will be the highest dividend payment in the Idaho Lottery Commission's 34-year history. Idaho Lottery Commissioner Jeffrey Anderson presented the checks in a ceremony at Emmett Middle School on Tuesday. The funds will be divided between the State Department of Education and the Depa  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 19 (TNSper) -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 18, 2023: Governor Brad Little announced today his appointment of Paul Woods to the Idaho State Tax Commission. Woods replaces Tom Katsilometes, who is retiring after more than 40 years of dedicated public service. Katsilometes, a Pocatello native, has served on the Idaho State Tax Commission for 18 years. His tenure has focused on overseeing property and product tax issues and relationships  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Governor Brad Little announced today Idaho ended yet another fiscal year with a budget surplus - an extra $100 million that will go directly to property tax relief. That means Idaho property taxpayers will receive a total of approximately $300 million in relief this fall after the passage of a property tax cut measure during the 2023 legislative session as part of Governor Little's "Idaho Fi  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, July 12 (TNSeco) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: The University of Idaho will delay until October the demolition of the King Street house in which four of its students were killed in November. Remediation of the house, including lead and asbestos abatement, continues in preparation for demolition. "We know that every action and decision around this horrific incident is painful and invokes emotions. That is why every decision we have made this far is  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 18 -- Washington House Democrats issued the following news release: This week, legislators, business leaders, academics, and policymakers from the U.S. and Canada are meeting for the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) Foundation's 32nd annual summit in Boise, Idaho, to discuss regional economic best practices and trade concerns. Rep. Jake Fey (D-Tacoma) is among the participants and will taking part in four presentations during the event. "It's essential that   more