The Food and Drug Administration typically has shied away from the subject, leaving the issue of labeling the genetically modified organisms — foods grown from seeds engineered in labs — to the states. But Congress has weighed in as the food industry has faced a potential patchwork of state laws requiring the labeling. Click here for the full story
Potatoes have been included in the WIC nutrition program in a new congressional spending bill. Click here for the full story
Various proposals to increase transportation funding will likely be introduced during Idaho's 2015 legislative session, which begins next month, and lawmakers could also be asked to appropriate money for the proposed Bear River Basin water adjudication. Click here for the full story
University of Idaho has a new agronomist with expertise in water-use efficiency at its Aberdeen Research and Extension Center. Click here for the full story
Washington State University wolf researcher Robert Wielgus has released a report that killing wolves leads to increased depredations. Click here for the full story
Public pressure has been mounting, especially because the movement of cargo — several billion dollars’ worth on an average day, mostly to and from Asia — has been slowed. Click here for the full story
