Crapo: It’s time to talk about suicide rates, care for veterans

Senator tells Legion the VA needs to have more respect for gun rights. Veterans organizations need to start talking about suicide among former soldiers and what to do about it, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, told the 98th Annual American Legion Department of Idaho Convention on Friday at the Best Western Plus University Inn Convention

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House holds lively hearing on Labrador’s ‘First Amendment Defense Act’ re same-sex marriage

A House committee is holding a hearing today on Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador’s “First Amendment Defense Act,” which seeks to protect people who act because of their religious views about same-sex marriage or extra-marital relations from any federal penalties, including loss of federal grants, contracts, tax exemptions and more… The bill was introduced a year

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NYTimes: Trump right re: Ginsburg

The New York Times’s editorial board says Donald Trump is “right” that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s criticisms of him are inappropriate.”Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling,” the newspaper said in an editorial published Wednesday.Ginsburg earlier this week slammed the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, saying she “can’t

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Survey: Idaho love of jobs #1

In a new survey, researchers analyzed over 2 million tweets in the last year to determine which states loved their jobs the most and concluded Idaho was the No. 1 state with love for their jobs. Do residents agree? Whether it’s good management, good company or downright fun, the consensus from Boise residents downtown is

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Transgender woman arrested

An Idaho Falls man who police say identifies as transgender was arrested Tuesday afternoon after deputies say he took photos of a woman in a fitting room in Target. Sean Patrick Smith, 46, who also goes by Shauna Patricia Smith, was booked into the Bonneville County Jail on one felony count of voyeurism.Bonneville County Sgt.

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It’s Not Just Dallas — Police Officers Have Been Killed Across The Country

When five police officers were killed and nine more wounded in an attack during a protest march in Dallas last week, it rattled the nation. Since then, law enforcement officers from Georgia to Michigan have been shot in incidents that drew far less attention but have added to the growing sense that it’s a dangerous

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June Idaho State Tax Revenues Come In $20.1M Over Projections, State Ends Year With Surplus That Goes To Roads, Savings

You could always give that overage back to the taxpayers, to whom it belongs… Idaho’s state tax revenues for June came in $20.1 million higher than projections – 6.5 percent higher – a revenue bump that means Idaho closed out its fiscal year June 30 with a balanced budget and also automatically transferred $15.6 million

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