WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary on Feb. 10, 2026: * * * Teacher Unions in Idaho Using Taxpayer Dollars to Advocate Far Left Agendas Jack Guidi For decades, teacher unions in Idaho have abused a legal loophole to recycle K-12 education money into the Idaho Education Association (IEA) and its national counterpart, the National Education Association (NEA). Both the IEA and NEA act as Democrat advocacy groups at the state and national level. Legislation this session offers an opportunity for Idaho more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: * * * CS Beef Packers, LLC Recalls Ground Beef Products That May be Contaminated With E. Coli O145 * WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2026 - CS Beef Packers, LLC, a Kuna, Idaho establishment, is recalling approximately 22,912 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O145, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The raw ground beef items more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Colleagues Urge DOJ to Prioritize Crime Victims Fund, Collect Outstanding Fines and Penalties * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect the nearly $10 billion of outstanding criminal fines and penalties DOJ is owed and swiftly deposit them into the C more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2026: * * * Grassley, Colleagues Urge DOJ to Prioritize Crime Victims Fund, Collect Outstanding Fines and Penalties Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect the nearly $10 billion of outstanding criminal fines and penalties DO more PR

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 11 -- The Idaho Department of Labor issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2026: * * * State requests public comments for modification of 2024-2027 state workforce plan The Idaho Department of Labor and the Workforce Development Council are requesting public comment on the proposed modification of Idaho's 2024-2027 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Combined State Plan. Idaho's workforce development system is comprised of a network of state, regional, local agencies and organizations that provide a range of s more PR

LEWISTON, Idaho, Feb. 12 -- Lewis-Clark State College issued the following news release: * * * LC State student places second at regional trap shooting championship The Lewis-Clark State College trap and skeet club secured its first podium finish in the ACUI/SCTP Clay Targets 2026 Spring West Coast Conference Championships. Oliver Severs, who is in his final year of an engineering technology associate degree with a civil engineering emphasis, took second place at the competition held Jan. 16-18 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Severs set the team's re more PR