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		<title>AUDIO: Idaho borrowers net $100 million from settlement with mortgage servicers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho borrowers will receive nearly $100 million as part of a $25 billion state-federal settlement with the nation&#8217;s five largest mortgage servicers. The settlement resolves state and federal claims relating to mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure practices of Bank of America, Citi, J.P. Morgan Chase, Ally, and Wells Fargo. Brett DeLange with the Idaho Attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WA Senate approves legislation to put pressure on sex ad sellers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington state Senate has unanimously passed a bill going after classified-advertising companies that don&#8217;t demand identification before allowing sex-related ads to be posted online. Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, proponents of the bill said it would pressure companies selling sex-related ads online to verify the ages of those depicted. The bill&#8217;s primary target [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho labor officials ask lawmakers for help enforcing new hire reporting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Department of Labor is asking the Legislature to impose a fine on employers who fail to comply with the 1997 law requiring them to report newly hired workers to the department within 20 days. The Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee has scheduled a hearing on introduction of the proposal for Thursday. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFG considers purchase of former Jaype site near Pierce</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/07/ifg-considers-purchase-of-former-jaype-site-near-pierce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Forest Group is looking at buying 60 acres of land near Pierce to use as a log-sorting yard, following its acquisition of the former Clearwater Paper sawmill in Lewiston. IFG President Scott Atkison says the sale of the land, located where Potlatch used to make plywood at the former Jaype site, could be finalized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho AG joins multistate settlement with debt collector</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/06/idaho-ag-joins-multistate-settlement-with-debt-collector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho consumers will receive $50,000 in restitution from a national debt collector as part of a multi-state settlement. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden joined attorneys general from 18 other states in a three-year multistate investigation of allegations of misleading and deceptive debt collection practices by NCO Financial Systems. Under terms of the settlement agreement, restitution for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho gets $625,000 in prescription drug case</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/idaho-gets-625000-in-prescription-drug-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho is getting $625,000 in the settlement of a lawsuit with a prescription drug maker accused of selling products at false or inflated prices. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced the resolution Monday with Mylan Laboratories and Mylan Pharmaceuticals. The state sued the companies after conducting its own investigation into the average wholesale price companies post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public auction features cedar products equipment from Lewiston mill</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/31/public-auction-features-cedar-products-equipment-from-lewiston-mill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A public auction in Lewiston on Wednesday will feature equipment from Clearwater Paper&#8217;s cedar products line. Cedar products made items such as molding and was included in Idaho Forest Group’s acquisition of the Lewiston sawmill in November. IFG President Scott Atkison says his company decided not to reactivate the line as IFG didn’t see it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Otter: Idaho insurers can play in federal exchange</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/otter-idaho-insurers-can-play-in-federal-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Gov. Butch Otter says insurers like Blue Cross will likely be able to offer products to consumers even under a federally operated insurance exchange. That&#8217;s a departure from concerns his administration raised earlier, while weighing whether to use a $20.3 million federal grant to set up a state-operated insurance exchange, or allowing Washington, D.C., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Gov. Otter supports Internet sales tax</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/idaho-gov-otter-supports-internet-sales-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Gov. Butch Otter backs taxing Internet sales to level the playing field between virtual businesses and brick-and-mortar establishments on Idaho&#8217;s Main Street. Otter made the remarks to Idaho chamber of commerce leaders meeting in Boise on Monday. Past efforts to deepen Idaho&#8217;s involvement with a national movement to tax Internet sales have fallen short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ID Senate Committee approves higher fees for oversized loads</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/25/id-senate-committee-approves-higher-fees-for-oversized-loads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Senate Education Committee has approved a rule change raising fees for oversized load permits. The Idaho Transportation Department is seeking permission to charge a little more for truckers hauling huge loads across state highways. Agency officials say they hope a proposed fee increase for oversized load permits will help offset a $645,000 annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington&#8217;s unemployment rate, job numbers down in December</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/20/washingtons-unemployment-rate-job-numbers-down-in-december/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December&#8217;s labor numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics once again produced conflicting data about what&#8217;s happening in Washington&#8217;s economy. The state’s unemployment rate dropped from 8.7 percent in November to 8.5 percent in December – the lowest rate since February 2009. At the same time, a survey of Washington businesses showed an estimated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho unemployment falls for 5th straight month</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/20/idaho-unemployment-falls-for-5th-straight-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Department of Labor says the state&#8217;s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December fell to 8.4 percent, the lowest level since September 2009. The state&#8217;s unemployment rate has dropped for five straight months, and fell from 8.5 percent in November. The national unemployment rate for December was 8.5 percent. The Labor Department says over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mag ranks SEL among top 100 companies to work for</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/19/mag-ranks-sel-among-top-100-companies-to-work-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORTUNE Magazine has ranked Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories 97th on its 15th annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. The rankings, which will appear in the Feb. 6 issue, mark SEL’s first year of participation. This year, 280 companies participated in the survey to compete for a place on the FORTUNE list. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart plans to reopen Moscow store in two weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/12/walmart-plans-to-reopen-moscow-store-in-two-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail giant Walmart has announced that it will reopen its Moscow store later this month. The store was closed in 2010 when a Super Walmart opened its doors in Pullman. The Moscow store, set to reopen on Jan. 25, has undergone a 5 million dollar renovation that added nearly 28,000 square feet to the 94,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to limit Idaho Land Board receives initial endorsement</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/12/bill-to-limit-idaho-land-board-receives-initial-endorsement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Idaho lawmakers are renewing their push to limit the power of the state’s Land Board, a five-member panel of statewide elected officials charged with managing Idaho’s endowment property. A bipartisan measure, crafted by Reps. Grant Burgoyne, of Boise, and John Vander Woude, of Nampa would prevent the state from buying private businesses and would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho officials meet with grocers, discuss liquor privatization</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/11/idaho-officials-meet-with-grocers-discuss-liquor-privatization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A grocery industry lobbyist met with Governor Butch Otter and other officials over mounting a campaign to privatize Idaho&#8217;s state-controlled liquor sales, as retailers like Costco hope success in nearby Washington will spread to neighboring states. Northwest Grocery Association President Joe Gilliam met with Otter staff, as well as Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho tax data for jobless benefit claimants being processed</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/idaho-tax-data-for-jobless-benefit-claimants-being-processed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Department of Labor is processing the federal 1099-G tax information forms for the more than 100,000 Idaho workers who received unemployment insurance benefits in 2011. The forms must be mailed and available to claimants by Jan. 31 and the department will meet that deadline. The forms will also be placed in the IdahoWorks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Idaho Legislature may renew cigarette tax debate</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/06/2012-idaho-legislature-may-renew-cigarette-tax-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic lawmakers remain focused on raising Idaho&#8217;s cigarette tax, despite failure to get a hearing on a bill in 2011. Their renewed 2012 effort will be fraught with difficulty, however, given many conservative Republicans haven&#8217;t changed their no-new-taxes mantra. On Thursday, House Minority Leader John Rusche, of Lewiston, resurrected calls for a hike, saying boosting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural income sets a record in Idaho</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/06/agricultural-income-sets-a-record-in-idaho/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Idaho agriculture economists say the state’s agriculture sector enjoyed a record year in 2011, with cash receipts 29 percent ahead of 2010 levels. Strong prices and increased production overshadowed rising fuel and fertilizer prices, as net income shot up 88 percent to $2.6 billion, while total receipts were $7.4 billion. Garth Taylor, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>List of Sears closures includes Lewiston store</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/29/list-of-sears-closures-includes-lewiston-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lewiston’s Sears is among more than 100 Sears and Kmart locations around the nation slated for closure. The store at the Lewiston Center Mall was on a list of closures released by Sears Holdings on Thursday.  The Lewiston Kmart and the Moscow Sears are not among the stores targeted for closure. Sears Holdings said earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Otter set to unveil state-backed fund for startups</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/28/otter-set-to-unveil-state-backed-fund-for-startups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Butch Otter plans to unveil a state-backed investment fund for startup companies on Jan. 9, part of a plan for new technologies and research to bolster Idaho&#8217;s economy. The Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission, or &#8220;iGem,&#8221; also includes luring talented researchers to state universities and the Center for Advanced Energy Studies. It&#8217;s modeled after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WA minimum wage jumps to $9.04 per hour on Sunday</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/27/wa-minimum-wage-jumps-to-9-04-per-hour-on-sunday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/27/wa-minimum-wage-jumps-to-9-04-per-hour-on-sunday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington state&#8217;s minimum wage increases by 37 cents to $9.04 an hour starting on New Year&#8217;s Day. Washington&#8217;s minimum wage is adjusted each year for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for the past 12 months, which is up more than 4 percent. The yearly recalculation is required by Initiative 688, which was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho&#8217;s personal income stagnant in 3rd quarter</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/20/idahos-personal-income-stagnant-in-3rd-quarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho’s personal income growth remained flat through the summer. Estimates by the Bureau of Economic Analysis show fractional gains in wages and business profits were offset by declines in investment earnings and transfer payments including unemployment insurance benefits. The government estimated Idaho’s personal income – the value of all wages, business profits, investment earnings and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IFG resumes operations at Lewiston sawmill</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/20/ifg-resumes-operations-at-lewiston-sawmill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lewiston sawmill recently acquired by Idaho Forest Group from Clearwater Paper began operations on Monday, with a staff of about 70 employees. The mill was tentatively scheduled to be back up and running last week, but IFG officials say preparations had taken a little longer than anticipated. The crew is expected to reach about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho’s jobless rate drops another three-tenths in November</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2011/12/16/idaho%e2%80%99s-jobless-rate-drops-another-three-tenths-in-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continued falling in November, dropping another three-tenths of a percentage point to a two-year low of 8.5 percent – the largest one-month decline in the rate since 1983. As they did in October, employers across the state maintained payrolls at higher-than-normal levels for November. Employers cut just 2,300 jobs from [...]]]></description>
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