On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I join Dr. Jim Weatherby, reporter Bryan Clark of the Idaho Falls Post Register, and co-hosts Aaron Kunz and Melissa Davlin to discuss the events of the ninth week of the legislative session, from school broadband to transportation funding to instant…
AAA of Idaho says three last-minute road funding bills introduced in the waning weeks of this year’s legislative session would actually make Idaho’s situation worse, rather than fixing its road-maintenance shortfall. “None of the legislation drafted addresses the underlying problems with the state’s user-pay fees…
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on multimillion-dollar tort claims filed against the state of Idaho by Education Networks of America and CenturyLink, the vendors for the now-defunct Idaho Education Network. They want back payments for high school broadband service they provided…
A non-binding memorial to Congress urging it to enact national legislation blocking any state from requiring labeling of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, won support of the Senate today on a voice vote; it earlier passed the House, 41-24. The memorial, HJM 6, says foods…
Yesterday, there were two super-close, 18-17 votes in the Senate, the first on SB 1108, to encourage the testing of driverless cars on Idaho highways, and the second on HB 75, to remove the sales tax from prescription glasses and contact lenses. Both bills passed....
The latest version of the bill to allow a non-psychotropic marijuana extract, cannabidiol oil, to be used to treat children with a rare and severe form of epilepsy in Idaho has narrowly cleared the Senate State Affairs Committee on a 5-4 vote this morning, and…
HB 113, the controversial parental rights bill from Rep. Janet Trujillo, R-Idaho Falls, is headed to the Senate’s amending order for major changes. “We’ve made great progress on this,” Trujillo told the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning. She’s been working with Senate Majority Leader…
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