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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $25 million settlement in a lawsuit between wholesale grocers and farming associations accused of forming a price-fixing cartel. A group of wholesale grocers filed the class-action lawsuit in 2010, contending potato growers conspired to raise prices by restricting the number of acres planted.
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A judge has denied reducing bond for a former Nez Perce County sheriff's deputy accused of strangling his ex-wife. The Lewiston Tribune reports Thomas was convicted in 2011 of first-degree murder in the death of Beth Irby-Thomas, but the state Supreme Court overturned the sentence earlier this year.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials say more people entering the job market bumped up Idaho's unemployment rate from 3.8 to 3.9 percent in May. But the Idaho Department of Labor also says employers added more than 3,000 workers to payrolls and increased the state's total employment to a record of more than 764,000.
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — The Pocatello City Council has rejected a request from Idaho State University to spend about $10,000 to replace orange and black Bengals paw prints on streets. The Idaho State Journal reports councilors say the paw prints should be paid for with private donations, not city money. The school told the city council it would pay for $9,000 of the estimated $19,000 price tag.
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