Despite the best efforts of Idaho’s two senators, the lame-duck session of Congress is wrapping up without any confirmation votes on judges – including U.S. District judge nominee David Nye of Idaho; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com. The House already had adjourned Thursday afternoon, and the Senate...
First Lady Lori Otter made two presentations to lawmakers on the Joint Millennium Fund Committee today, one as board president and interim executive director off the Idaho Meth Project, and the other as the head of “Truth 208,” a related project that seeks to prevent…
Fallout is continuing from the Idaho EdNews report earlier this week that a previously unreleased audit of Idaho teacher evaluations – which the state received in July – found 99 percent were inaccurate or incomplete. First, state Board of Education President Emma Atchley announced that…
Henry Atencio, the current deputy director, has been named the new director of Idaho’s state prison system, succeeding Kevin Kempf, who will depart Dec. 16 to head the Association of State Correctional Administrators. Atencio, a 26-year veteran of the department, will be the first Hispanic…
The latest General Fund Budget Monitor from the legislative budget office, which tracks budget implications of monthly changes in state tax revenues, puts Idaho’s forecasted year-end balance at the end of the current fiscal year at $139 million – $92 million more than the Legislature...
Idaho’s congressional delegation, in a joint news release yesterday afternoon, welcomed the announcement that Gowen Field in Boise is among five finalists for an F-35 mission that could make Boise the home of a new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadron, the Air Force’s next-generation fighter…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, a member of the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees, was adamant on CNN yesterday that he doesn’t believe Russia successfully interfered in the U.S. election in November. “It is a fact that no one can deny that the Russians attempt…
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