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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Idaho Newsletter for 2024-09-08 ( 6 items )  
Idaho Delegation Demands Historic Preservation Council Terminate Cooperation on Lava Ridge (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher today urged the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) to terminate Section 106 consultation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project. Last month, the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office made a similar decision to forgo consultation. "Unfortunately, the view more PR

Idaho Delegation Demands Historic Preservation Council Terminate Cooperation on Lava Ridge (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Boise, Idaho--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and U.S. Representatives Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher (all R-Idaho) today urged the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) to terminate Section 106 consultation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project. Last month, the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office made a similar decision to forgo consultation. "Unfo more PR

Rep. Fulcher: Idaho Delegation Demands Historic Preservation Council Terminate Cooperation on Lava Ridge (10)
MERIDIAN, Idaho, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher and Mike Simpson and U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo today urged the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) to terminate Section 106 consultation with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project. Last month, the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office made a similar decision to forgo consultation. "Unfortunatel more PR

Risch Announces New Communications Director, Additions to Boise Office (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today announced the following staff hires in his Boise office. Madison Hardy joined the office as Senator Risch's Communications Director. Raised in Boise, Hardy previously served as Idaho Governor Brad Little's Press Secretary. Prior to state service, Hardy was a reporter with KIVI-TV in Boise and the Coeur d'Alene Press. A proud University of Idaho graduate, Hard more PR

Risch, Crapo Applaud Decision on Stibnite Gold Project (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) made the following statements upon the release of the U.S. Forest Service's completed Final Environmental Impact Statement and issuing of a Draft Record of Decision authorizing the Stibnite Gold Project. "The Stibnite Project will bolster Idaho's economy and our national defense. Today's long awaited Draft Record of Decision is welcome but unde more PR

Sen. Crapo: Weekly Column - A Call To Extend The 2017 Tax Cuts And Jobs Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following column: * * * A Call To Extend The 2017 Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Vice President Harris has said she would raise the corporate tax rate; she has previously supported repealing Republicans' tax cuts altogether. With many of the Republican-enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions set to expire at the end of 2025, and amid Democrats' continued attacks on many of those provisions, now is a good time to evaluate how the bill  more PR