There were some interesting moments during today’s Idaho Judicial Council interviews of Idaho Supreme Court hopefuls; seven were interviewed today, and six more are up tomorrow. Among them: Several Judicial Council members had high praise for 5th District Judge Richard Bevan, who’s been a judge…
Both Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined in the GOP’s bare majority in the Senate today to approve a motion to proceed with Senate health care legislation. The only two Republicans to dissent were Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of...
A new state analysis shows that just 4 percent of reported rapes in Idaho result in a guilty conviction of a sex crime. According to the Idaho State Police report, rape charges are the most likely to be amended or modified to a lesser offense compared to other sex crime charges...
The seven-member Idaho Judicial Council is interviewing candidates for an opening on the Idaho Supreme Court today. So far, the council has interviewed three this morning: 5th District Judge Richard Bevan of Twin Falls; St. Maries attorney Andrew Doman; and Idaho Court of Appeals Judge...
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