Hal Styles Jr. has never been to Idaho, but he’d like to be the state’s next U.S. senator. Styles noted that current Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is leaving office, “as well he should,” and said, “Idaho being one of the 10 best places to live…
Gov. Butch Otter has vetoed another bill, this time a rather minor one from the state Department of Education that sought to give employees there the option to take Christmas Eve and the day after Thanksgiving as state holidays instead of the established holidays of…
A constitutional amendment to impose new limits on future local-option sales taxes in Idaho, including requiring a two-thirds supermajority at a November general election and requiring the votes to be by county, just passed the House on a 51-19 vote – which meets the two-thirds…
According to a new report from the state Office of Performance Evaluations, new efforts to create tracking of data and outcomes from statewide substance abuse services in Idaho are on track and meeting recommendations made in two earlier performance evaluations. However, late yesterday, Gov. Butch…
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