Idaho
Here’s how a trade war will hit soon-to-graduate Idaho students
If President Donald Trump’s escalating tariffs on China – climbing as high as 145% – intended to halt Chinese goods from flooding into the U.S., the President got his way.
The question, many economists ask, is: What’s the endgame? The trade war between China and the U.S. has indeed escalated to the degree that major U.S. retailers are now warning about impending supply shortages, according to CBS News.
But it’s much more than goods from China that has retailers and wholesalers worried. In fact, the U.S. wine industry is struggling as well. One might think that they might be doing gangbuster business because of tariffs on French or Italian wines. But it turns out that U.S. winemakers need plenty of overseas supplies to make their wine.
“Most of their bottles come from China,” said Dr. Jim Kroes, Boise State professor and expert on supply chain economics. “Even the wood they use for their barrels comes from French oak. So, there are these unanticipated consequences.”
Another challenge, Kroes said, hits very close to home.
“We’re graduating our seniors in a couple of weeks,” he said. “And our top students aren’t finding jobs. Many companies are imposing hiring freezes – companies that have consistently hired our students upon graduation in the past. It’s tough for me to see these students who have worked so hard and are now graduating into a very uncertain job market.”
Kroes visited with Morning Edition host George Prentice to talk tariffs – existing and threatened – and what consumers should be on the lookout in the months ahead.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
Pride Month looks different this June along Boise’s Harrison Boulevard, where a long-standing tradition of hanging Pride flags on lamp posts has been put on hold after a new state law restricted which flags can be flown on government property.
For several years, Pride flags lined lamp posts along Harrison Boulevard in Boise’s North End neighborhood. But Idaho House Bill 561, signed by Gov. Brad Little in March, restricts which flags can be flown on government property, including the City of Boise’s Harrison lamp posts.
In response, a group of neighbors formed Pride North End and launched a distribution effort to help residents show support from their own front yards. The group has been making Pride flags and yard signs available to people who want to display them at home.
“I thought that I would…be a personal example of ‘yes, this is what I do.’ This is what I believe in,” said Edna Schochat, a North End resident.
Pride North End has already distributed more than 900-yard signs and 250 flags. The group’s original donation goal was around $2,000 to order 100 flags and 200 yard signs, but it has exceeded that GoFundMe goal, reaching $10,000 worth of donations.
The group plans to continue holding public flag and sign distributions through the end of the month.
“We cannot just say something without doing something that proves that we mean what we say,” Schochat said.
Pride North End said any leftover funds after materials are distributed will go to local LGBTQ+ nonprofits. A link to the group’s GoFundMe can be found here.
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