On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” program on Idaho Public Television, I join Jim Weatherby, Bill Spence, and hosts Melissa Davlin and Aaron Kunz for a discussion of the events of the legislative session’s tumultuous fourth week; also, Davlin and Kunz interview outgoing state schools Superintendent Tom…
Idaho’s State Board of Education has called a special meeting for Monday at 10:30 a.m. in regard to SB 1254, the guns-on-campus bill. The measure would pre-empt public colleges and universities in Idaho from regulating guns on campus, instead imposing a state law saying retired…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Inappropriate transfers by Treasurer Ron Crane's office have cost taxpayers $10.2 million so far, but the hit to public money could rise to $27 million, according to an audit that concludes Idaho's money…
An Idaho seventh grader went toe-to-toe with the Senate’s majority leader on Friday – and won, reports Clark Corbin of Idaho Education News. Seventh-grader Ilah Hickman, who successfully got her bill introduced last year to make the Idaho Giant Salamander the official state amphibian but…
Rep. Holli Woodings, D-Boise, announced her candidacy for Idaho Secretary of State today, saying as a self-described “voting geek,” she’ll put her top emphasis on keeping Idaho’s election system open and fair, and “making sure that partisan interests do not have a place in that…
The Idaho House has voted unanimously, 62-0, in favor of HB 406, the measure from IACI to have the state take over primacy for wastewater permitting under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES. Floor sponsor Rep. Jason Monks, R-Meridian, touted the “local control…
The House has voted 36-29 against legislation from Rep. Lynn Lyker, R-Boise, to ban the use of credit or debit cards in historical horse race betting machines. Luker said the machines already are set up for cash or cash-voucher use only, and state rules reinforce…
Rep. Lynn Luker’s bill to ban state lawmakers from holding any other local elected office, from highway district commission to irrigation board to city council, has been pulled from the House’s 3rd Reading calendar by unanimous consent, and sent instead to the House’s amending order.…
Five “Add the Words” supporters staged an impromptu musical flash mob in the garden level hallway of the state Capitol this morning, gathering with guitar, tambourine and music stand to sing in five-part harmony Nik Kershaw’s ‘80s song, “Wouldn’t it be good.” As the five…
Gov. Butch Otter’s proposal for $15 million in water projects next year, from $4 million to buy water rights from Simplot Corp. to guarantee water supply to Mountain Home Air Force Base, to millions for studies toward future dam projects including the Galloway and expansion…
Wyoming’s approval of a state lottery could cut into the Idaho Lottery’s sales next year, Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson warned legislative budget writers this morning, though the impact is uncertain; he’s estimating it could be as much as $3 million, or as little as…
Idaho state liquor stores had an estimated $10 million in additional sales – 6 percent of their total sales – from Washington customers in 2013, the head of Idaho’s state liquor division told lawmakers this morning. That’s because when Washington privatized liquor sales in June…
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