This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. Today, news about Idaho’s big income tax cut. (See the Idaho section.)
Region-Wide
Movement to break off part of Oregon to join with Idaho has legs again.
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Frontier Airlines adds new routes to Spokane and Boise.
Idaho
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed the largest income tax cut in Idaho history. It will reduce the tax rate from 5.7% to 5.3%. This consequently cuts an estimated $240 million in state revenue, but that makes sense, since the state government has been running surplusses.
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Senate passes bill to make the firing squad Idaho’s primary form of execution.
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Judge in University of Idaho murder case argues for more transparency.
Montana
Controversial ‘Defend the Guard Act’ killed on House floor.
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Montana Senate gives approval to bill prohibiting SNAP purchases of soft drinks, candy.
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Bird flu confirmed in Canada goose found in Gallatin County.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Bend City Council moves closer to launching the Ponderosa Master Plan Development.
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China Hat Road homeless say they don’t know where to go next as Forest Service sweep looms.
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Local backyard chicken farmers see booming business as egg demand rises.
Central & Eastern Washington
Washinton state trooper arrested for deadly Richland crash.
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Listen: Off-duty Washington state trooper’s 911 call released after fatal crash.
Wyoming
Governor signs universal school voucher bill, calling it ‘remarkable achievement for Wyoming’. JWR’s Comment: Hopefully, this law will be a model for laws in other states. It is unfortunate that there was no provision for reimbursing the curriculum expenses for homeschooling families. But it appears that Wyoming parents who homeschool will no longer be forced to submit their curriculum for approval.
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Wyoming Nixes ‘Gun-Free’ Zones.
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