AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Santa Idaho. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/santa-id 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/santa-id https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:34:37 -0500 Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little wrapped up the first 100 days of his second term as Idaho’s 33rd Governor last week, noting historic https://www.americantowns.com/news/gov-little-marks-100-days-of-achievement-31563830-boise-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/gov-little-marks-100-days-of-achievement-31563830-boise-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C.--Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) expressed support for the U.S. https://www.americantowns.com/news/crapo-wyden-applaud-proposed-hhs-rule-that-reduces-barriers-to-kinship-foster-care-placement-31564148-lewiston-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/crapo-wyden-applaud-proposed-hhs-rule-that-reduces-barriers-to-kinship-foster-care-placement-31564148-lewiston-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana) to introduce legislation to prohibit https://www.americantowns.com/news/crapo-risch-join-bill-to-stop-lead-ammo-tackle-ban-31564149-pocatello-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/crapo-risch-join-bill-to-stop-lead-ammo-tackle-ban-31564149-pocatello-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Boise, Idaho--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), along with Representative Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Idaho State Treasurer Julie https://www.americantowns.com/news/idaho-congressional-delegation-state-treasurer-announce-secure-rural-schools-payments-31564150-caldwell-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/idaho-congressional-delegation-state-treasurer-announce-secure-rural-schools-payments-31564150-caldwell-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) with several other Senators today voted to prevent the Biden https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-crapo-vote-to-block-admin-from-empowering-the-va-to-perform-illegal-abortions-31564830-moscow-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-crapo-vote-to-block-admin-from-empowering-the-va-to-perform-illegal-abortions-31564830-moscow-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Stop Fentanyl Border https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-crapo-hagerty-colleagues-reintroduce-legislation-to-stop-fentanyl-trafficking-into-the-us-31564832-meridian-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-crapo-hagerty-colleagues-reintroduce-legislation-to-stop-fentanyl-trafficking-into-the-us-31564832-meridian-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) to introduce legislation to prohibit https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-crapo-join-bill-to-stop-lead-ammo-tackle-ban-31564834-eagle-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-crapo-join-bill-to-stop-lead-ammo-tackle-ban-31564834-eagle-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) led a letter to the U.S. Department of https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-marshall-daines-slam-department-of-energys-efforts-to-ban-gas-stoves-31564836-rexburg-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/risch-marshall-daines-slam-department-of-energys-efforts-to-ban-gas-stoves-31564836-rexburg-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Idaho is home. It’s where many of us were raised and where we chose to raise our families. But as a mother of two daughters, I can no longer https://www.americantowns.com/news/a-message-from-the-chair-idahos-republican-supermajority-increasingly-hostile-to-girls-and-women-31566527-hailey-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/a-message-from-the-chair-idahos-republican-supermajority-increasingly-hostile-to-girls-and-women-31566527-hailey-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Boise, Idaho--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), along with Representative Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Idaho State Treasurer https://www.americantowns.com/news/idaho-congressional-delegation-state-treasurer-announce-secure-rural-schools-payments-31566571-boise-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/idaho-congressional-delegation-state-treasurer-announce-secure-rural-schools-payments-31566571-boise-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today issued a statement on the House of Representative’s attempt to override https://www.americantowns.com/news/simpson-statement-on-wotus-resolution-to-override-biden-veto-31566573-twin-falls-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/simpson-statement-on-wotus-resolution-to-override-biden-veto-31566573-twin-falls-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, with Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) and Congressman David Valadao (R-CA), led 49 of their https://www.americantowns.com/news/simpson-questions-dhs-proposed-fee-hike-for-h2a-and-h2b-visas-31566575-twin-falls-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/simpson-questions-dhs-proposed-fee-hike-for-h2a-and-h2b-visas-31566575-twin-falls-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Washington, D.C. – Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson today applauded the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) announcement to halt https://www.americantowns.com/news/simpson-boise-vamc-applaud-va-announcement-to-reset-electronic-health-record-program-31566577-twin-falls-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/simpson-boise-vamc-applaud-va-announcement-to-reset-electronic-health-record-program-31566577-twin-falls-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 As Idahoans, we value our children, as should our elected leaders. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a politician who admits otherwise, but actions https://www.americantowns.com/news/a-message-from-the-chair-talk-is-cheap-when-it-comes-to-our-childrens-education-31568831-blackfoot-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/a-message-from-the-chair-talk-is-cheap-when-it-comes-to-our-childrens-education-31568831-blackfoot-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little proclaimed the month of May as Wildfire Awareness Month, and as the State of Idaho actively gears up for https://www.americantowns.com/news/idaho-is-training-loggers-to-fight-forest-fires-31569336-boise-id.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/idaho-is-training-loggers-to-fight-forest-fires-31569336-boise-id.html Government and Politics Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500