All but four states have either met or are working toward meeting federal guidelines intended to prevent prison rape, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, but Idaho’s one of the four that hasn’t. AP reporter Rebecca Boone writes that Idaho, Arkansas, Alaska and Utah…
State Sen. John Tippets, R-Montpelier, has been named the next director of the state Department of Environmental Quality by Gov. Butch Otter; Tippets will start July 6. He succeeds former Director Curt Fransen, who retired in May. Tippets, 63, who is now in his third...
Longtime Sen. Dean Cameron’s departure from the Idaho Senate to become the new state insurance chief has prompted an array of Magic Valley Republicans to express interest in being appointed to Cameron’s seat, reports Nathan Brown of the Twin Falls Times-News. Among those expressing interest:…
Despite state lawmakers’ move this year to increase state funding for schools by 7.4 percent, school funding remains 6 percent below the 2006-07 level, the Idaho Statesman reports, when measured on a per-student basis, and 18.6 percent lower than 06-07 when inflation is taken into...
From proposed Sunshine Law changes from the Idaho GOP to falling marble in the Capitol and Idaho politics, here’s a link to my full Sunday column at spokesman.com. The Idaho GOP central committee’s newly passed resolution calling for loosening campaign finance reporting requirements under the…
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