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News from June 2023

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Crapo, Risch Introduce Bill to Create New Twelfth Circuit, Improve Access to Justice

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 16, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in introducing the Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act of 2023, a bill that would split the massively overburdened Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of...

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Crapo, Bennet, Buck, Neguse Introduce Bipartisan Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 15, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) have introduced the Water and Agriculture Tax Reform (WATER) Act. The bipartisan legislation reforms outdated tax provisions hindering investment in important infrastructure advances.

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Risch, Crapo, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Invest in America’s Forests and Watersheds

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 15, 2023

U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) June 8 introduced the Headwaters Protection Act along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico).

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Crapo Statement at Hearing on Health Care Consolidation

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 14, 2023

U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following remarks at a hearing entitled “Consolidation and Corporate Ownership in Health Care: Trends and Impacts on Access, Quality, and Costs.”

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Risch Recognizes Small Businesses during Support Local Gems Initiative

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 14, 2023

On June 8, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), senior member and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced the selection of local businesses across Idaho to be honored as Idaho Small Businesses of the Month for June 2023 in...

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Idaho deaths did not exceed death expectancy during week ending May 27

By Gem State Wire | Jun 13, 2023

Idaho's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending May 27, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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How many 85 and older-year-olds died in Idaho during week ending May 27?

By Gem State Wire | Jun 13, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 64 individuals age 85 and older died during the week ending May 27.

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Crapo Joins Fox Business to Discuss the Biden Administration’s Attack on Gas Furnaces

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 13, 2023

In an interview with the hosts of the Big Money Show on Fox Business, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) discussed the Biden Administration’s overreaching policy to drive carbon-based fuels out of the economy regardless of cost to Americans.

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SBA Implements Risch’s Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 13, 2023

The Small Business Administration this week announced the full implementation of U.S. Senator Jim Risch’s legislation the Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act.

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72 people in 75-84 age group in Idaho are estimated to have died during week ending May 27

By Gem State Wire | Jun 12, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 72 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending May 27.

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2nd Amendment Constitutional Rights at Stake, Attorney General Raúl Labrador Leads 23 Other U.S. States in Opposing California’s “Unsafe Handgun Act”

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 12, 2023

Attorney General Raúl Labrador was joined by Attorneys General from 23 other states in challenging California’s “Unsafe Handgun Act.”

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Crapo, Risch, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Invest in America’s Forests and Watersheds

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 12, 2023

U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) June 7 introduced the Headwaters Protection Act along with Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) and Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico).

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Risch Leads Bicameral, Bipartisan Letter to CBP Demanding Northern Ports of Entry Return to Pre-Pandemic Hours

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 12, 2023

Calls for Porthill Port of Entry to return to its normal 7am to 11pm schedule

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Hispanic deaths in Idaho decrease to 16 in week ending May 20

By Gem State Wire | Jun 11, 2023

There were 16 Hispanic people who died in Idaho in the week ending May 20, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Idaho deaths did not exceed upper threshold of death expectancy during week ending May 27

By Gem State Wire | Jun 11, 2023

Idaho's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending May 27, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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CDC estimates 43 people in 65-74 age group in Idaho died during week ending May 27

By Gem State Wire | Jun 11, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 43 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending May 27.

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“APPOINTMENTS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on June 8

By Gem State Wire | Jun 10, 2023

The Congressional Record published “APPOINTMENTS” in the Senate section on June 8.

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CDC predicts 24 people in 45-64 age group in Idaho died during week ending May 27

By Gem State Wire | Jun 10, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 24 people in the 45-64 age group died during the week ending May 27.

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Risch, Idaho Commerce Announce 4th Annual Support Local Gems Initiative

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 9, 2023

On June 5, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and the Idaho Department of Commerce announced the fourth annual Support Local Gems initiative, which will serve as an all-day event to support Idaho small businesses.

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Attorney General Labrador Announces $102.5 Million Settlement with Suboxone Maker for Alleged Illegal Monopoly Tactics

By Gem State Wire Report | Jun 8, 2023

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador announced that 42 states, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, have negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with the maker of Suboxone, Indivior Inc. Idaho will receive about $920,000 from the settlement.