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The 2026 legislative session is here, and this year will be harder than most. For the first time in many years, we’re starting with no money in the checkbook. Idaho still has about a billion dollars in our rainy-day accounts. But those are for emergencies. In past years, we had a cushion at the end of the year to help with budgeting. Not this year. This is new territory for many of us, and it means we must be careful and organized.

POCATELLO — Idaho State University recently opened a new reactor control room and simulation lab at the William M. and Karin A. Eames Advanced…