Keith Reynolds, chief financial officer at the state Department of Administration since 2012, has been named acting director, reports Melissa Davlin of Idaho Public TV’s “Idaho Reports.” Reynolds temporarily replaces Teresa Luna, who resigned, effective at the end of this year’s legislative session. Davlin reports…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has issued this statement about the Legislature’s killing of SB 1067, the child support enforcement bill, on the final day of this year’s legislative session: “I am concerned that some members of the House Judiciary and Rules Committee put Idaho’s child...
Gov. Butch Otter signed 41 bills into law on Thursday and Friday. Among them: SB 1066, the bill creating a new presidential primary election on the second Tuesday in March; it carries a $2 million price tag. I’m awaiting comment from Otter’s office on why…
Idaho Health & Welfare officials had a conference call this morning Commissioner Vicki Turetsky of the U.S. Office of Child Support and Enforcement, to find out how things will play out now that the Idaho Legislature has killed SB 1067, the child support enforcement bill....
So, now that the Legislature has adjourned and has approved a $95 million transportation funding package – assuming the governor signs it into law – when would Idaho’s gas tax and vehicle registration fees go up? The answer: July 1. There’s been some confusion about…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter says he’s reached an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bonneville Power Administration to keep North Idaho’s scenic Lake Pend Oreille full through the late summer and longer into September. “Working with our state, federal and tribal partners,...
A brouhaha over the child support enforcement bill killed on the final day of the legislative session is dividing the House GOP. First, former Rep. Cindy Agidius sent out an article by Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, with the message: “Explanation of SB 1067 by Rep…
House and Senate Democrats, in a news conference on Saturday, said they made big strides in this year’s legislative session, from pushing for investments in education to stopping moves to raises taxes for the middle-income, from passing an anti-bullying law to stopping an interstate compact…
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