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“The way that we're funded is I can either pay people more or I can add more resources, but I can't do both at the same time,” said Ada County Chief Paramedic Shawn Rayne.
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Some politicians in the Mountain West are renewing calls to transfer federal lands to state and local governments as a way to ease the affordable housing crisis. They argue that such transfers could provide much-needed space in fast-growing communities hemmed in by public lands.
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A new study shows that eating a single serving of freshwater fish in the U.S. can be equal to drinking a month’s worth of water laced with “forever chemicals.”
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There’s something called the “1% for Air” local option tax, which traditionally funds air service and tourism efforts. But Ketchum officials would like to ask voters to split that LOT in half, with .5% still going to promote air travel, but earmarking the other .5% for affordable housing projects.
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The 2022 Census of Agriculture is due to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by mail or online by Feb. 6.
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A proposed constitutional amendment to further restrict the ballot initiative process in Idaho isn’t going directly to the Senate floor, with Republican leaders saying it needs some tweaks.
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“This idea that children are the vulnerable spot – the way to go after the LGBTQ community – is really taking hold,” says Olivia Hunt, the policy director at the National Center for Transgender Equality.
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Six of the seven states that use water from the Colorado River proposed a way for the federal government to cut back on water use and protect dropping water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
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Despite all of the snow and cold snaps across the Mountain West, many cities are experiencing fewer nights at or below 32 degrees due to climate change. It’s a warming trend that has a wide range of impacts.
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A new report predicts the Inflation Reduction Act’s climate and energy provisions will create or preserve 1 million U.S. jobs., including tens of thousands in the Mountain West.
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The annual celebration started out in 1926 as Negro History Week and expanded to Black History Month in the 1970s. This year's theme is "Black Resistance."
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Rep. Bruce Skaug (R-Nampa) is reviving a bill he’s previously sponsored that would make it a felony to provide gender-affirming care to minors.
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Gov. Brad Little’s newly proposed scholarship program narrowly made it out of a House committee Tuesday morning.