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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are touting a smooth launch to the state's health exchange. Idaho didn't have time to build its own website before enrollment began last year, so it relied on the federal website, which had a rocky start full of technical glitches. This year, Idaho launched yourhealthidaho.org, and officials say yesterday's start of open enrollment went smoothly.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Boise-based J.R. Simplot's new genetically modified potato. But one of the company's oldest business partners — McDonald's — hasn't. The Idaho Statesman reports that the fast-food giant says it doesn't use genetically modified potatoes and has no plans to change that policy.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new crime rate report from the FBI shows that Idaho resort towns like Coeur d'Alene, Sun Valley and McCall had higher crime rates than most of Idaho's other towns. Boise State Public Radio reports that according to the FBI's 2013 numbers, McCall has one violent crime for every 190 residents, and one property crime for every 34 residents. Coeur d'Alene's violent crime rate was one for every 179 residents.
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The Lewiston School District plans to move forward with an attempt to allow sales taxes to pay for school construction, despite a rejection by the Idaho State School Board Association. The Lewiston Tribune reports a resolution calling for a change to Idaho Code that would allow a local option sales tax to pay for school construction bonds was defeated at the school board association convention in Boise.
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