A.J. Balukoff, the Democrat already in the race for governor of Idaho in 2018 before Rep. Paulette Jordan’s announcement tonight in Moscow, has issued a statement welcoming her to the race. Here it is: Idaho gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff applauded tonight’s announcement from Paulette Jordan…
The only Native American lawmaker currently serving in the Idaho Statehouse says she's running for governor in 2018. Rep. Paulette Jordan, a Democrat from Plummer and member of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, announced Thursday she would run for governor rather than seek a third term as a state representative. Jordan's announcement...
Idaho’s state tax revenues rebounded in November, coming in $10.8 million ahead of forecasts – and more than making up October’s $8 million shortfall. According to the state Division of Financial Management, the November general fund receipts were 4.4 percent ahead of forecast and 14.2…
The new Marilyn Shuler Human Rights Initiative at Boise State University will be a university-wide program to help educate the next generation of young people about human rights, BSU history Professor Jill Gill told the Boise City Club today. “That’s what’s different about this thing,”…
Although it’s not yet opening for downhill skiing, Bogus Basin announced today that it’ll open its tubing hill this weekend, along with cross-country skiing and its Nordic lodge and a non-lift-served, hiking-only terrain park near the base of the No. 1 Deer Point chairlift. “We’re…
The Idaho Democratic Party’s staff has voted to unionize, authorizing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 291 (IBEW) as the collective bargaining representative for four of its six employees. The only staffers who won’t be in the new bargaining unit are the executive director…
The Idaho State Controller's Office has agreed to settle with a former employee who said she was sexually and racially harassed by a supervisor while State Controller Brandon Woolf allowed the harassment to continue. Former employee Lourdes Matsumoto's attorney announced Thursday the settlement includes a cash payment...
Five properties Idaho officials offered at an auction sold for above appraised value, but five others didn't receive any bids. The auction Wednesday by the Idaho Department of Lands brought in nearly $8.5 million, about $1.6 million above the appraised value. An office building in Idaho Falls brought in the most...
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