News - Butch Otter
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and governors from three states continued talks on Thursday about removing wolves from the endangered list, but reached no agreements.
Gov's Foot Dragging Means Idaho Misses Chance to Manage High Risk Health Insurance Program for 34,000 Eligible State Residents Statement by Jim Wordelman, State Director for AARP Idaho BOISE, Idaho, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Idaho Governor Butch Otter has again jumped at the opportunity to be a roadblock to helping people access affordable health care under the new federal health insurance law.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Friday that he was upholding a decision by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered list in the western Great Lakes and the Northern Rockies.
By The Idaho Statesman, Boise Jun. 20--The state of Idaho is contributing $3.6 million toward finishing a center aimed at promoting the development of alternative and conventional energy sources.
