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Grand staircases, state-shaped pools, and a bowling alley in the basement: Here's what the governor's mansion looks like in every state
One of the perks of being a governor in the US is the free mansion they get to live in. We've compiled every governor's ...
Arizona Daily Star18d
Governor's mansion missing one thing: the governor
BOISE, Idaho — High above Idaho’s capital on a hillock of deep green Kentucky bluegrass, $260,000 in renovations to the governor’s mansion are nearly complete: New carpets are installed ...
Idaho Statesman2y
O say, can you see it? Boise’s Simplot Hill and its flag have a lot of stories to tell
J.R. Simplot, right, and former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne stand under the familiar flag after the announcement of Simplot’s plans to donate his $2.8 million mansion to use as a governor’s ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette1y
Audit of Governor’s Mansion finds $5,164 in questionable spending in ’23; Sanders’ counsel disputes report
"The Governor's Mansion has an appropriation ... He previously spent several years covering the Idaho Legislature for the Lewiston Morning Tribune.
Idaho Statesman2mon
Big change afoot for Boise’s Simplot Hill, home of sledding, sunsets and iconic flag
J.R. Simplot built a nearly 7,400-square-foot mansion ... and then-Gov. Dirk Kempthorne on the day in 2004 when Simplot gave the house and its iconic flag to the state of Idaho.
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Western Governors Sign Pact to Develop Nuclear Energy
Utah leaders and Idaho National Laboratory Director John Wagner sign a memorandum of understanding at the Governor’s Mansion in Salt Lake City on April 28, 2025. (Courtesy of the Utah Senate ...