Idaho Governor Brad Little is pointing to a $250 million year-end budget surplus as proof of fiscal discipline, but a dispute has broken out over who deserves credit — with legislators and higher education officials offering a more complicated picture of how the state got there. Little Takes a Victory Lap In a guest opinion […]

Idaho Governor Brad Little is pointing to a landmark moment at the Idaho National Laboratory, where new reactors have reached criticality for the first time in more than 50 years — a development Little says signals the arrival of a long-anticipated nuclear energy resurgence in the United States. A Historic Restart The Idaho National Laboratory, […]

Governor Brad Little announced a series of state government appointments on Tuesday, highlighted by the selection of a long-tenured Idaho official to lead the Idaho Transportation Department. New Transportation Director Alberto Gonzalez will take over as ITD Director effective this month, succeeding Scott Stokes, who is retiring from the role. Gonzalez brings roughly 30 years […]

Deployable Energy’s Unity reactor achieved criticality at Idaho National Laboratory on Tuesday, marking the third advanced reactor to reach the milestone within a single month and fulfilling a key objective in the Trump administration’s nuclear energy agenda. The achievement came as the Department of Energy announced the reactor’s operational status. Two of the three advanced […]

Idaho Governor Brad Little signed an executive order this week granting state employees two additional paid days off surrounding Independence Day, creating an extended break tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Extra Days Bookend the Holiday State workers will receive paid leave on Wednesday, July 2, and Monday, July 6, […]