Rift in Idaho GOP exposed amid multistate water rule lawsuit
A man hooks a fish on the Snake River in Idaho Falls, Idaho on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Some top officials in Idaho are raising alarms over the Republican attorney general’s decision not to join a 24-state lawsuit against new waterway protections by the Biden administration. Instead, the state will be joining another lawsuit filed in Texas, which Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador’s office says is a better fit for his state's interests. Waterways like Idaho's Big Lost River could be impacted by the newest version. The waters eventually flow into the Snake River, traveling more than 1000 miles…
By REBECCA BOONE
Associated Press
BOISE — Some top officials in Idaho are raising alarms over the Republican attorney general’s decision not to join a 24-state lawsuit against Biden administration waterway protections that opponents say could impact public and private land across the state....
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