Governor Butch Otter

Otter “Misspoke” Reguarding $300 million in Medicaid
Otter “Misspoke” Reguarding $300 million in Medicaid
Otter “Misspoke” Reguarding $300 million in Medicaid
Idaho Governor "Butch" Otter concedes he misspoke last week by suggesting Idaho could lose up to $300 million in Medicaid funding if it doesn't adopt an insurance exchange required by the federal health care overhaul. He now says if lawmakers opt against establishing a state-run exchange with $20...
Simpson Calls For Wolf Delisting
Simpson Calls For Wolf Delisting
Simpson Calls For Wolf Delisting
Congressman Mike Simpson says he will add a provision to a budget bill that would reinstate the 2009 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the gray wolf in Idaho and Montana. The language is clean and simple. It doesn't give environmentalists the minimum numbers they wanted added nor does it give Governor Butch Otter the additional protections he wanted in the event wolves were