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Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 12:38 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Cheers & Jeers: Irony is dead June 18 The Lewiston...

Idaho eyes sewer, water, broadband with federal rescue money

By Keith Ridler May. 10, 2021 05:27 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will receive $1.1 billion in the latest round of coronavirus relief money in two separate payments, the U.S. Treasury Department...

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 03:06 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Welcome back, Idaho legislators. Wear a mask. We’re not paying for another recess ...

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Apr. 01, 2021 12:41 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Idaho lawmakers prefer potholes over pupils April 1 The...

FILE - In this March 18, 2021, file photo, Mary Claire Lane, 86, left, a resident at Hellenic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Canton, Mass., is greeted by her daughter Anne Darling, of Attleboro, Mass., center, during a visit, at the nursing home, in Canton. Nursing homes have to publicly disclose their vaccination rates for flu and pneumonia, but there’s no similar mandate for COVID-19 shots. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Lawmakers: Require nursing homes to disclose vaccine data

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Mar. 25, 2021 12:27 AM EDT

GOP attorneys general question stimulus barring tax cuts

By Cuneyt Dil Mar. 16, 2021 07:23 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states...

FILE - In this June 21, 2016, file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to testify before the Senate Banking Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Yellen's encore: Lending economic heft to Biden's virus plan

By Josh Boak Feb. 27, 2021 09:40 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Feb. 11, 2021 01:12 PM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: As good as it is, Simpson’s plan isn’t enough Feb. 9 The...

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 02:52 PM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Nothing grabs a politician’s attention like a wallet Jan. 20 ...

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks via teleconference as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell testify during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on 'The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress' on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
Mnuchin defends shut down of Fed emergency loan programs

By Martin Crutsinger Dec. 01, 2020 12:26 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Nov. 13, 2020 04:05 PM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: If they won’t say it, Mr. President-elect, we will Nov. 12 ...

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., meets with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)
Virus spreads on panel handling Supreme Court nomination

By Mary Clare Jalonick Oct. 02, 2020 10:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, reflected in the sneeze guard set up between himself and members of the House Committee on Financial Services, speaks during a hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve pandemic response on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the economy still in the pandemic’s grip, the Federal Reserve is facing a decision on whether to stretch an emergency lending program in a way that could bring more risk for the government and taxpayers. Lawmakers are pressing the central bank to deliver more aid to struggling small and mid-sized businesses. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Too risky? Fed pressed to expand aid to some businesses

By Marcy Gordon Aug. 29, 2020 12:09 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2020 09:06 AM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Idaho newspapers: Crapo, Risch should fight for the disabled ...

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Federal Reserve, Judy Shelton, appears before the Senate Banking Committee for a confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a shift, the Senate Banking Committee is likely to back President Donald Trump's unconventional nomination of Shelton for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors in a party-line vote Tuesday, July 21. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Senate panel approves Trump's controversial Fed nominee

By Christopher Rugaber Jul. 21, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks during a video connection before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee nomination hearing for Brian Miller to be Department of the Treasury Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery and Dana Wade to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Trump pick to oversee virus spending pledges impartiality

By Matthew Daly And Mary Clare Jalonick May. 05, 2020 03:43 PM EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Pelosi pushes new virus package as McConnell hits 'pause'

By Lisa Mascaro May. 05, 2020 12:23 PM EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, speaks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, as she holds up the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after signing it on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. The $2.2 trillion package will head to head to President Donald Trump for his signature. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Watchdog panels slowly take shape over $2T in virus cash

By Matthew Daly And Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 16, 2020 06:06 PM EDT