Officials with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare have approved a 15-month contract extension with Optum Idaho. The contractor manages mental health and substance treatment for Idaho Medicaid recipients. Optum has been in charge of administering Medicaid outpatient behavioral health services since 2013. The original $300 million...
Idahoans have until April 18 to apply for the “circuit breaker” property tax reduction for 2016, the state Tax Commission says; it’s a tax break for disabled, elderly and low-income Idahoans for which 27,000 homeowners qualified last year. The reduction, which tops out at $1,320,…
Reality TV star "Dog the Bounty Hunter" says he helped kill a proposed law in Idaho regulating bounty hunters because it would have prevented the wearing of badges. Duane Chapman also tells the...
Mounting tensions between Idaho lawmakers and the Attorney General's office have revealed a political power struggle over whether the state's elected officials should be able to pursue legal opinions that match their own interests, the AP reports. See a full rundown here from the Associated...
Among the news stories that happened during the week I’ve been gone: The Idaho Fish & Game Department’s annual wolf report came out, documenting 108 wolf packs across the state with an estimated 786 wolves among them. Officials said the number of gray wolves in...
News, happenings and more from the Idaho Legislature and the state capital.
| April 2016 | ||||
| 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 |
| 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 |
