Senate Republicans held a nearly hour-long closed-door caucus Tuesday to talk about the state budget."There was no consensus of anything," said GOP Caucus Chairman Brad Little, R-Emmett. "It was, `Here's where we are, and think about it.' "Added Little, "One of the most important jobs…
Former state GOP Chairman Blake Hall is the only one who gives not one, but two full presentations to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee.First, Hall addressed the influential joint budget committee as the president of the State Board of Education. Then, this week, he went before…
Nine legislators lined up behind anti-abortion activists on Monday to promote new legislation they plan to introduce to expand Idaho's existing informed-consent law for abortion. The new measure would, among other things, more strongly require doctors to give women detailed information about fetal development and…