The new U.S. secretaries of Interior and Agriculture rolled into Boise today with a strong message of support for collaboration in efforts to solve the nation’s public lands issues – even as the Trump Administration has suspended all meetings of local Resource Advisory Councils through…
The Post Register in Idaho Falls reports today that “dozens” turned out for 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador’s Idaho Falls campaign stop yesterday, part of his three-day tour of the state to launch his 2018 campaign for governor. About 80 people attended Labrador’s Wednesday…
After state lawmakers this year voted to expand the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole from five to seven members, Gov. Butch Otter today announced two new appointees: Former state Rep. Rich Wills, R-Glenns Ferry, a longtime state trooper and the former chair of the…
John Eaton, government affairs director for the Idaho Association of Realtors, has been named vice president of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, or IACI; he’ll replace Zach Hauge, who will start June 14 as campaign manager for Lt. Gov. Brad Little’s 2018 gubernatorial…
A federal court has ruled an Idaho logging project designed to reduce fire risk at a tiny mountain community can move forward. Environmental group Friends of the Clearwater asked a judge to grant a temporary injunction, but the request was denied, The Lewiston Tribune reported...
A bipartisan group of Idaho elected officials came together at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial on Thursday to denounce hate speech and celebrate the community’s overwhelming response to racist vandalism at the memorial, which has included an outpouring of donations...
Raul Labrador’s North Idaho stop on his three-day tour of the state to launch his 2018 gubernatorial campaign drew about 80 people Wednesday at the American Legion Hall in Post Falls, most of them veterans and senior citizens, writes S-R reporter Abby Lynes. Labrador called…
Lt. Gov. Brad Little announced today that Zach Hauge will be his campaign manager, starting June 14. Hauge currently is the vice president of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry (IACI), the business lobbying group. He’s also worked on numerous Idaho campaigns, including serving…
Attorneys for the Idaho Department of Correction say inmates exaggerated problems with the prison medical care system and waited too long to complain, and as a result prison officials shouldn't be held in contempt of court for violating a settlement in a decades-old class action lawsuit. The court documents were filed late last week...
A new forecasting model developed by an Idaho Department of Labor regional economist with a math background suggests Idaho’s population will grow at three times the national rate between now and 2025 – and nearly all the new residents will be retirees moving to the state...