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Opinion: Building the foundation for attainable housing in Idaho
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Opinion: Building the foundation for attainable housing in Idaho

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated Apr 9, 2026

The Idaho State Legislature is taking important steps to improve the housing supply. The House Business Committee met on March 25 to discuss S…

Opinion: Migrating towards state approval for federal land projects
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Opinion: Migrating towards state approval for federal land projects

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated Dec 12, 2025

What’s good for the goose is also good for the gander, or so the saying goes. But this adage never seems to hold true for the federal land dis…

Opinion: 'Fix our Forests Act' may be enough to fix the backlog
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Opinion: 'Fix our Forests Act' may be enough to fix the backlog

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated Dec 5, 2025

Decades of federal forest managers pursuing suppression-focused tactics led to a logjam of unmanaged forests waiting to ignite. Current federa…

Pocatello's East Benton Starbucks among hundreds to close as part of coffee giant's turnaround plan
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Pocatello's East Benton Starbucks among hundreds to close as part of coffee giant's turnaround plan

  • DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press
  • Updated Nov 1, 2025

Starbucks said Thursday it’s closing hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses mo…

Opinion: Public lands need protection and future flexibility
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Opinion: Public lands need protection and future flexibility

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated Sep 26, 2025

Protecting public lands has become the rallying call this year for groups and individuals across the political spectrum. In June, when Utah’s …

Opinion: Refocusing taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits on healthy food options
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Opinion: Refocusing taxpayer-funded SNAP benefits on healthy food options

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated Aug 16, 2026

For years, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has ignored the pleas of states wanting to study the implications of removing Su…

Opinion: Americans still have the freedom to choose healthy lifestyles
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Opinion: Americans still have the freedom to choose healthy lifestyles

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 26, 2026

Is the liberty of American health under threat? Are Americans still free to make their health choices? The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) m…

TSA's collective bargaining agreement to remain for now, federal judge rules
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TSA's collective bargaining agreement to remain for now, federal judge rules

  • ROYCE MCCANDLESS Idaho Press
  • Updated Jul 10, 2026

The future of the collective bargaining agreement that oversees TSA officers remains uncertain, but a significant legal victory this week was a welcome development for union leadership both local and national.

Opinion: Idaho agriculture could spoil under weight of arbitrary tariff tax increases
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Opinion: Idaho agriculture could spoil under weight of arbitrary tariff tax increases

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated Jul 5, 2026

Like an aggressive hog in the show ring, U.S. trade policy is attacking every other participant for existing near its space. For anyone who ha…

Opinion: Congress needs to make 'mostly dead' Lava Ridge project 'all dead'
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Opinion: Congress needs to make 'mostly dead' Lava Ridge project 'all dead'

  • MADI CLARK | Guest Columnist
  • Updated May 10, 2026

As Idahoans take victory laps on the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project, proclaiming that President Trump’s executive order was “the weapon that k…

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