Idaho state tax revenues for March came in 2.8 percent below forecast, but fiscal year-to-date receipts remain nearly at the forecast, just 0.2 percent below it. Sales tax revenues in March beat predictions by 3.9 percent, while both individual and corporate income taxes were well…
Idaho Falls attorney Steve Taggart, who attended the court hearing today on the attempt by Bonneville County GOP officials Doyle Beck and Bryan Smith to depose a group of local and state GOP officials, reports that Senior Judge Richard St. Clair has quashed the move...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has named one new member to the state parks board, Gordon Hansen of Burley, and is accepting applications for another. Hansen, who owns and operates Idaho Water Sports in Burley and Nampa, replaces Charles Correll as the District 4 representative; Correll…
When Idaho Sen. Jim Risch made one of his frequent appearances yesterday on CNN's "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, he kind of endorsed Ted Cruz for president – but just kind of. CNN reports here that Risch first said he hadn’t endorsed another candidate...
This year’s Idaho legislative session set a six-year record for – believe it or not – productivity. According to the end-of-session reports from the Legislative Services Office, 379 bills passed both houses, the highest number in the past six years. It’s not the highest number…
Idaho State University officials say the person who distributed DVDs containing anti-Muslim propaganda on campus was someone from outside the area and not connected to the school. The Idaho State Journal reports the DVDs were placed on car windshields and around housing areas Monday...
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo and Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell say a federal agency has been delaying for nearly a year its approval of a new American Viticulture Area taking in the wine-grape growing and production area in the Lewis-Clark Valley, including parts of four north-central...
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