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An Idaho county banned renewables. It’s having second thoughts.

This article was copublished with The Daily Yonder, a newsroom covering rural America. What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate America's founding ideals.

An Idaho county banned renewables. It’s having second thoughts.

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This article was copublished with The Daily Yonder, a newsroom covering rural America.

What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate America's founding ideals.

POCATELLO, Idaho — Jeff Hough did not pull any punches.

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This article was copublished with The Daily Yonder, a newsroom covering rural America. What his fellow Republican county commissioners were about to do, he said to the packed courthouse, would violate America's founding ideals. POCATELLO, Idaho — Jeff Hough did not pull any punches.

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POCATELLO, Idaho — Jeff Hough did not pull any punches.

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