Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will continue to let people with more than $2,000 in assets receive food stamps, at least through May. The Legislature's House Health and Welfare Committee reaffirmed the waiver Tuesday allowing a family…
Legislation sponsored by Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, aimed at punishing Idaho employers who hire illegal immigrants, could end up hurting refugees who come to the state legally, refugee advocates say, by preventing them from getting driver's licenses so they can work. Jorgenson's bill would…
There's lots of high-tech film equipment up on the fourth floor rotunda today at "Media Day '10," which is showcasing media innovation and technology. Exhibits cover everything from university film programs to a screenwriters' group to other aspects of the "creative economy." As part of…
Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, asked DEQ Director Toni Hardesty whether the recent ASARCO court settlement will "in any way relieve the state of Idaho's taxpayers." Hardesty's response: "Unfortunately no." Under the mining firm ASARCO's bankruptcy settlement, Hardesty explained, Idaho will receive two sums: $1.9…
The impacts of budget cuts on the state Department of Environmental Quality have included layoffs, furloughs, holding positions vacant, and cutting back or eliminating programs, Director Toni Hardesty told JFAC this morning. "It is just not possible to absorb these cuts without some level of…
Idaho Fish & Game Director Cal Groen says over the last 10 years, 70 percent of Idaho residents have hunted or fished, generating millions for the state's economy. Fish and Game is evolving, though, he said, with more people now viewing wildlife without hunting than…
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa is proposing a possible savings in his budget from the $370,000 that the state expects to spend next fall on voter notification for the general election. Ysursa said Idaho has a new law requiring a pamphlet to go to…
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa noted this morning that he's coming before JFAC for his budget hearing today on the day of the funeral for Atwell Parry, the former senator and JFAC co-chair from Melba who died on Friday. "He was a good man…
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