Idaho

The U.S. Department of Energy has opened a short public-comment window on an experimental nuclear technology in Idaho.

Wildfires and severe drought are killing trees at an alarming rate across the West, and forests are struggling to recover as the planet warms. However, new research shows there are ways to improve forests' chances of recovery.

Idaho lawmakers are attempting to change the ballot initiative process again - this time with an amendment to the state Constitution. 

A new report by two nonprofit organizations is advocating 11 western states change local and state policies to increase controlled burning on private lands to stem wildfires.

Taxpayers who received state refunds from Colorado and 20 other states will not be required to report those payments on their 2022 federal Internal Revenue Service return.

Three bills are currently pending in the legislatures of three western states that would allow educational savings accounts, or ESAs, for students in those states.

The proposed merger between the Idaho-based grocery chain Albertsons and Kroger has antitrust laws in the spotlight, as the supermarket companies are already the two largest in the country.

The Idaho Rural Partnership is among the state rural development councils still active more than 30 years after the program supporting the councils was funded in the 1990 Farm Bill.

Eleven states will reduce their individual income tax rates January 1.

A recent move by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission could mean solar panel owners in the state could receive less money from Idaho Power.