'Greater Idaho' movement gains momentum; Idaho lawmakers pass resolution to begin talks

Lawmakers didn’t vote to change the border, but to simply begin talks with Oregon about moving it to absorb several eastern counties.

BOISE, Idaho — On Wednesday, Idaho’s House of Representatives passed a resolution, not to move the Oregon-Idaho border, but to simply start the discussion with Oregon lawmakers about whether it can, and should, be done. 

It’s an early step in the ‘Greater Idaho’ movement — a push that began a couple of years back. 

“For a long time, there’s been this urban-rural divide,” said Matt McCaw, a spokesperson for the Greater Idaho group. “People on the east side of the state have felt like

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