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We got to accept the fact there is not going to be federal funding like there was before
You have got to accept there is not going to be federal spending as there has been in the past
For whatever reason, they have chosen to play politics with this issue ... This bipartisan legislation makes it abundantly clear that these towers are not to be closed.More quotes »
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Senator Risch questions State Department about Boise pastor
WASHINGTON -- Idaho Senator Jim Risch is questioning State Department officials on the latest efforts to release Boise Pastor, Saeed Abedini. Officials say Saeed has been sentenced by the Iranian government to eight years in prison for spreading Christia from KTVB.com Read more »
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Cabinet secretaries vow to find money to fight fires
Lance Okeson at the Boise Fire Dispatch office had a surprise visit from the secretaries of the U.S. Agriculture and Interior departments Monday, and they came with bad news. Okeson is in charge of the fuels program for the Bureau of Land Management's Bo from Idaho Statesman Read more »
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Felts tower to stay open
Remember how Congress moved almost like greased lightning to keep stop the slowdown in commercial flights that the sequester was going to cause? And remember how the jaded among you said that was just because they were getting to leave on recess, and did from SpokesmanReview.com Read more »
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Idahos U.S. senators back power to tax Internet sales
As the U.S. Senate moves toward a vote on allowing states to collect sales tax on Internet sales to their residents, Idahos two senators have lined up strongly behind the concept though not necessarily the details. GOP Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo vot from Idaho Statesman Read more »
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Resigned to its dysfunction, Risch loves the Senate
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch celebrated his 70th birthday Friday, content in his likely re-election in 2014 to another six years where he can fine-tune his expertise on the Middle East and North Africa. You know, I really enjoy this job. I really like this job, from Idaho Statesman Read more »
