There's a movement to absorb parts of Oregon into Idaho — and Idaho lawmakers are listening
Apr 13, 2021
Could Idaho absorb eastern and rural Oregon? The short answer is almost certainly not, although Idaho's state lawmakers, at least, are listening.
On Monday, representatives from a group called Move Oregon's Border for a Greater Idaho pitched their plan to expand Idaho's border so that the state would include much of Oregon, save for the northwestern region, to members of the Idaho House and Senate, The Associated Press reports.
Basically, the idea is that Oregon's politics and culture are too deeply divided to co-exist.
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