The Idaho Law Foundation is inviting people in the Treasure Valley who want to learn more about the law and how it affects them to enroll in a free, 12-week "Citizens Law Academy." Co-sponsored by local attorneys and judges, the Fourth District Bar Association and…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) ― Former Idaho Republican lawmaker Jack Barraclough has died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Barraclough's son, Jared Barraclough, told the Post Register (http://bit.ly/OCH6Gn ) that his father suffered a massive stroke earlier…
When should a parent lose custody of a young child for refusing consent for a medical procedure? How likely must the harm to the child be for that to happen, and what if the potential harm is unlikely but dire? And should doctors and police…
Among a boatload of interesting items posted on the Idaho Statesman's Idaho Politics blog by columnist Dan Popkey are these: * At least five Idaho lawmakers are off to Salt Lake this week for the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference, including defeated Rep.…
Here's an interesting question about the forced spinal tap that St. Luke's performed on a 5-week-old baby in 2002 over her mother's objections, seizing custody of the child to do so: Who paid for the medical procedure? I posed that question today to the Michael…
The University of Idaho says it has raised $1.1 million in gifts and pledges for renovation of the old Ada County courthouse, now known as the Capitol Annex, into a new Idaho Law Learning Center. The old courthouse, which hosted two sessions of the Legislature…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― The Idaho Lottery is reporting another record year, posting more than $175 million in sales during the last fiscal year. Lottery officials on Tuesday also turned over $41.5 million to funds benefiting Idaho…
Here's how John Runft, the Boise attorney in the Mueller parents' rights case that was argued before a 9th Circuit panel in Boise today, puts the legal issue at the heart of the case: "When the danger dips below a probability into a possibility, it's…
A capacity crowd filled a sixth-floor courtroom at Boise's federal courthouse today, as three judges from the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals sharply questioned attorneys from both sides in a parents' rights case; it was the first time the 9th Circuit has held a…
A longtime GOP activist and former aide to Idaho Rep. Helen Chenoweth has come forward and identified herself as "AlmostInnocentBystander," the anonymous commenter on the Huckleberries Online blog whose comment about Kootenai County GOP Chair Tina Jacobson triggered a lawsuit from Jacobson. Linda Cook said…
The case of a five-week-old Boise baby with a slight fever who was brought to a local emergency room and then removed forcibly from her family's custody after the mom refused to consent to a spinal tap and antibiotics goes before 9th Circuit judges on…
Trapping is back in the spotlight in Idaho, the Times-News reports, with a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to enshrine the right to hunt, fish and trap. Sen. Lee Heider, R-Twin Falls, pushed for the amendment; opponents are objecting that trapping shouldn't have been…
Idaho, Oregon and Washington have jointly launched a "Squeal on Pigs" campaign to combat the latest invasive species - feral swine - that's turned up in all three states. Originating in Europe and Asia and imported for domestic use, the wild pigs, also known as…
The presidential campaign is on its way to Idaho, with both the Republican and Democratic candidates planning major fundraisers in Sun Valley - within a two-day span. Mitt Romney has a $1,000-a-head reception scheduled for the Sun Valley area on Aug. 3, possibly followed by…
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will hold a special sitting in Boise on Tuesday for the first time since 2003, to hear oral arguments in the case of a 5-week-old baby girl who was given a spinal tap, antibiotics…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― A federal judge is ordering a Canadian mining company to comply with the nation's clean water laws and pay at least $2 million in penalties for polluting a tributary of the Boise River…
Puncture vine, the noxious weed that produces the notorious "goat heads" that routinely flatten bicyclists' tires in Ada County, can do even more harm to sheep, cattle, hay and crops, Ada County warns. The county is calling on residents to find puncture vine on their…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― State officials say the number of unemployed workers in Idaho has dipped below 60,000 for the first time in nearly three years. Idaho's jobless rate fell to 7.7 percent in June and 59,000…
The Idaho Transportation Board, meeting in Coeur d'Alene today, voted to move up nine major road construction projects around the state, saying cost savings and interest savings are allowing them to push them up. Three of the projects, all in the Treasure Valley, also will…
Students taking online classes from K12 Inc. in four states, including Idaho, are lagging in test scores and graduation rates compared to students in traditional schools, according to a new study by the National Education Policy Center at the University of Colorado Boulder. The study…
Dr. Ted Epperly, a Boise family physician, director of the Family Medicine Residency of Idaho and former chairman of the American Academy of Family Physicians, recently published a book entitled, "Fractured: America's Broken Health Care System And What We Must Do To Heal It." He…
Brigadier General William Shawver is leaving his position as director of the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security to take a private-sector position, and Col. Brad Richy has been named the new director. Richy, 54, currently serves as the commander of the 124th Fighter Wing of…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― Authorities are building a case against a Boise man accused of trying to steal $400 worth of Lego sets. KTVB reports (http://bit.ly/SFeiBu ) 31-year-old Jeremy Mark Liedtke was arrested Monday for attempting to…
An invasive insect common in south-central Europe has been turning up in southwestern Idaho, the first time the elm seed bug has been detected in the United States, the AP reports. The quarter-inch pests don't pose any public health or crop risk, officials say, but…
A bat that bit a child playing near the Indian Creek Bridge in Caldwell yesterday has tested positive for rabies. Southwest District Health officials said today that the girl's family has been notified and treatment will begin today. Rabies can be fatal if left untreated;…
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