A defiant Idaho Rep. Heather Scott went on talk radio in Boise on Friday evening to defend her comments that got her removed from all her House committee assignments, charging that the sanctions against her were just a “distraction” to keep attention off her new…
Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television includes an update on the events of the tumultuous first week the of the legislative session; co-host Aaron Kunz’s interview with BSU School of Public Service Dean Corey Cook about the new Idaho Policy Survey; a report on…
Massage therapists in Idaho would be required to undergo criminal background checks under newly introduced legislation. Mitch Toryanksi, with the Idaho Bureau of Occupational Licenses, says that Idaho law does not require a fingerprint-based background check to receive a massage therapist license. Adding the background...
Idahoans think the state is generally on the right track, according to the latest Idaho Policy Survey, published today by Boise State University. “They’re also optimistic about the future,” said BSU political science Professor Justin Vaughn. “This was true from last year when we did this...
Idaho lawmakers are considering a set of rule changes that would strengthen a community approach to the state's mental health treatment for children. The Post Register reports that the rule changes would allow Idaho to continue implementing the Jeff D. lawsuit settlement. The nearly four-decade-old class-action lawsuit...
Idaho's top prosecutor has decided not to file criminal charges after his office was asked to review accusations of possible voter intimidation and interference during campaigning for last November's election, the AP reports. A Democratic Party volunteer in Bonner County had reported harassment by backers of Rep. Heather Scott.
The budget-writing Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved a dozen supplemental appropriations this morning, all unanimously except for one – the request from the Idaho State Historical Society for an additional $1 million from the general fund to tide it over on construction of the new exhibits…
Terms like motion, order, affidavit, telephonic hearing and the like were being tossed around in the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning as the panel prepares to consider a contest of the Senate election in District 29; the senators are essentially acting as a court…
Retired Sen. Roy Lacey, D-Pocatello, who is filling in this week for Rep. Elaine Smith, also a Pocatello Democrat, told the House today that he’ll be back again next week. “She had her procedure yesterday, and it did not go well,” Lacey said. “She’s been…
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