Thanks to legislative action this year in Vermont, Idaho is now one of just two states in the nation with no requirements for personal financial disclosure by state lawmakers or other elected or appointed officials. Idaho had been one of three states with that distinction....
The Idaho governor’s office today issued this statement: “Governor C.L. ‘Butch’ Otter is alert and resting comfortably in Boise’s Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical today, recovering from an infection after undergoing a second back surgery on Friday for a ruptured disc.” Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little…
The first round of campaign finance reports is out in Idaho’s 2018 race for the open 1st Congressional District seat that current Rep. Raul Labrador is leaving to run for governor, and so far, GOP hopefuls David Leroy and Russ Fulcher have been actively raising...
Hundreds marched for health care over the weekend in Boise, with much of the focus on cuts to Idaho’s existing Medicaid program for people with disabilities contained in the current Senate GOP health care reform bill. The rally and march followed several demonstrations, including visits…
The New York Times over the weekend featured a controversial 2016 Idaho law that makes it easier for employers to sue former employees over non-compete contracts; when it passed, opponents said it would make it difficult for employees to leave a job to start their…
Idaho wildlife officials have issued a fish salvage order for the lower Big Lost River in central Idaho that's expected to run dry. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said Friday it has suspended limits on the number of fish that can be caught as well as size limits on the section of the river below...
And the race is on: The three major GOP candidates for governor in 2018 already are out on the stump together, appearing together on July 4 in Idaho Falls, and again this Friday at the Idaho Republican Party's summer meeting in Coeur d'Alene; my full Sunday column...
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