The Internal Revenue Service has filed another nearly $300,000 in tax liens against Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, bringing the total that public records show Hart owes in back taxes, interest and penalties to nearly a million dollars. The IRS filed two liens for $292,935…
Idaho filed an appeal to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today, asking the appellate court to reverse U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy's decision to return wolves to the endangered species list. Gov. Butch Otter, in a news release, denounced the Montana judge, saying…
Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on this morning's arguments at the Idaho Supreme Court in the Highway 12 mega-loads case, in which the justices raised complex legal issues along with lots of questions; they then took the case under advisement and…
Here are the campaign promises offered by the five candidates for governor of Idaho this year:Butch Otter, Republican incumbent: “I am committed to keep working tirelessly to grow Idaho's economy and career opportunities for our citizens and our communities; I promise to keep protecting the…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Canyon County Prosecutor John Bujak has resigned two years after taking public office. Bujak unseated four-term county prosecutor Dave Young in 2008, leaving his job at a Nampa law practice. Canyon County Commissioners…
Linwood Laughy, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit trying to block four mega-loads of oil refinery equipment from being trucked across scenic Highway 12 in the Clearwater/Lochsa river canyon, was among the onlookers in a nearly full Idaho Supreme Court chambers today as the court…
Justices of the Idaho Supreme Court had lots of questions for all sides at the hearing this morning on the Highway 12 mega-loads appeal. Here, the justices shake hands with attorneys on both sides - those for the Idaho Transportation Department and ConocoPhillips were seated…
The Idaho Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this morning on the Highway 12 mega-loads appeal; the arguments start at 9 a.m. and are scheduled to last an hour. They come as a tanker truck crash and diesel spill this week along the Lochsa River…
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