It turns out that the GOP redistricting commissioners want the state's taxpayers to pay for the outside attorney they've hired to file their own, separate legal challenge over the commission's failed deliberations, which in part asks the court to adopt their plans as superior to…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has dropped misdemeanor charges against a Porthill, Idaho, man who shot and killed a grizzly bear in his yard, reports S-R reporter Becky Kramer; you can read her story here at spokesman.com. Instead, Jeremy M. Hill was issued a citation for…
Democratic members of Idaho's redistricting commission have sent out a guest opinion disputing GOP commissioners' criticisms of the Dems' proposed district maps. "We moved drastically in their direction," the commissioners write. "We worked in good faith to address all the voiced concerns from our Republican…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the death sentence of an Idaho man convicted of brutally slaying a former coworker because the state allowed a jailhouse informant to lie on…
In an Idaho Republican Party news release this afternoon, GOP Redistricting Commissioner Lou Esposito says he thinks the commission could come up with a redistricting plan in just three days. “If they give us the proper clarification and guidance on our inquiries contained within our…
Idaho Transportation Director Brian Ness has formally accepted the recommendation of state hearing officer Duff McKee that Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil be issued permits to transport more than 200 megaloads of Canada-bound oil equipment across scenic Highway 12 from the Port of Lewiston to Montana. In his…
Idaho Public Television has announced that Greg Hahn has been hired as the new producer and host of Idaho Reports, the program that reports on the state Legislature. Hahn, who most recently was news editor for the Idaho Statesman, filled in as moderator on the…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public schools chief Tom Luna says education would get about a third of the projected $180 million budget surplus Idaho is expected to carry into the next fiscal year, under a spending plan…
The Idaho Supreme Court has received not one, but two legal filings this morning challenging Idaho's legislative and congressional districts lines, now that the redistricting commission has failed to meet yesterday's deadline to draw new plans - one from Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa,…
The Idaho Republican Party has issued a press release noting the state's citizen redistricting commission's failure to meet its Tuesday 5 p.m. deadline to draw new congressional and legislative district lines, and calling for re-examining the makeup of the evenly split bipartisan commission. “It doesn’t…
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