As the buildup to the 2018 election begins to accelerate, Idaho's 30-year-old ethics laws are facing scrutiny as top candidates wrestle with how much of their finances they should disclose to voters. Idaho is one of just two states that don't require elected officeholders to disclose any of their personal financial information. This means the...
In my Sunday column this week, I wrote about how Gov. Butch Otter passed over both the first and second choices of the District 33 GOP committee when he named a replacement for longtime Sen. Bart Davis, instead choosing property manager and RV salesman Tony…
The Idaho Fish & Game Commission voted today to open a belated catch-and-keep season for steelhead on Sunday, but to reduce the traditional daily bag limit from three fish to two, amid other restrictions. Only hatchery fish less than 28 inches long may be kept;…
The family of an Idaho rancher who was fatally shot by two deputies has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Jack Yantis was killed two years ago after one of his bulls was hit by a car and deputies shot the animal. Yantis arrived with a rifle just as deputies decided to put down the animal. Authorities have said there was an altercation...
Close the Gap Idaho, a broad coalition of health care stakeholders in Idaho, issued a statement today decrying President Trump’s announcement last night that he’ll cut off funding for cost-sharing reimbursements under the Affordable Care Act, and his Thursday executive order on health care. “While…
Idaho's new U.S. Attorney Bart Davis says he believes a new offshoot of the street and prison gang Surenos is close to being eradicated after a series of indictments in state and federal court. During a press conference Thursday, Davis said five people believed to be members or associates of the Sureno Mob Trece gang were indicted in...
President Trump’s executive order on health care is unlikely to have much impact on Idahoans, according to state Insurance Director Dean Cameron. “My initial read is that honestly, I am somewhat disappointed it didn’t go further,” Cameron said Thursday. “Idahoans are hurting because of the…
Idaho Republican Party Chairman Jonathan Parker is calling it “alarming and disturbing” that a former GOP state representative has launched a PAC urging independents and Democrats to register as Republicans so they can vote in the closed GOP primary; former Rep. Kathy Skippen’s PAC is…
The Idaho Transportation Department is refinancing the state’s GARVEE bonds for highway improvements for a second time, and says the state will save $13.1 million in interest costs as a result. The first time the GARVEE bond debt was refinanced to a lower interest rate,…
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission is set to vote on a proposal to allow catch-and-keep steelhead fisheries on the Snake, Salmon and Little Salmon rivers and on the Clearwater River and its north, south and middle forks. The Lewiston Tribune reports if the proposal, on which the commission will vote Friday, passes, anglers...
daho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra says she will run for re-election in 2018. Ybarra, a Republican, announced in a news release Wednesday she plans on running for another four-year term. Her only other opponent is GOP Wilder School Superintendent Jeff Dillon. No Democratic candidate has entered...
Women’s rights icon Anita Hill told a large crowd at the University of Idaho on Wednesday that the nation is moving into a “post-fact era” as the federal government stops collecting and posting critical data, from pay inequities to employment practices to sexual assault. “I believe this is going to be an ongoing pattern,” Hill said, as she...
A bipartisan group of western senators introduced legislation today to allow states affected by catastrophic wildfires to tap into federal disaster mitigation assistance to help them recover. That assistance now goes to recovery efforts for other types of disasters, from hurricanes to floods, for which...
A former GOP state lawmaker has launched a new political action committee to encourage Independent and Democratic voters to register as Republicans so they can participate in Idaho's closed GOP primary election. Kathy Skippen said Wednesday that her group, called Moderates Are Taking Hold, will help educate...
Anita Hill, the women’s rights icon who stunned the nation with her testimony about sexual harassment by a prospective Supreme Court justice in 1991, drew cheers and applause from an audience of more than 500 in Boise last night, and will deliver the Bellwood Lecture…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has appointed Tony Potts, a property manager and salesman at Bish’s RV Supercenter in Idaho Falls, to replace longtime Sen. Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls. The District 33 GOP committee gave Otter three choices: Potts; current state Rep. Bryan Zollinger, R-Idaho Falls;...
northern Idaho lawmaker is joining the race to win the state's open lieutenant governor seat in 2018. GOP Sen. Bob Nonini of Coeur d'Alene filed to run for the position on Tuesday. Nonini is in his third term in the Idaho Senate after serving four terms in the Idaho House...
Queried by the Idaho Statesman, the four members of Idaho’s congressional delegation have said little about any steps Congress could take to reduce mass violence like the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas. Statesman reporter Cynthia Sewell reports that only two of the four, Sens....
Boise school board members backed a scheduling comprise on Monday night, voting to begin next school year Aug. 20. For months, parents, staffers, students and local businesses have engaged in a spirited debate over when to begin the school year, Idaho EdNews reports. After surveying…
Idaho state Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra did not know Dan Goicoechea was facing harassment and discrimination accusations when she hired him to a high-ranking position, according to an internal department email. This email, along with hundreds of pages of documents Idaho Education News…
President Donald Trump has declared that a major disaster exists in Idaho due to flooding from March 29 to June 15. Trump ordered federal assistance to support state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by the flooding, the White House said...
The University of Idaho President Chuck Staben is a finalist for the same position at a New Mexico university. The Lewiston Tribune reports Staben has served as president for the Moscow university since 2014...
Though the Idaho state controller’s office may have raised eyebrows when it spent $14,000 to hire an outside law firm to investigate allegations of sexual and racial harassment against a former top employee, women’s rights icon Anita Hill says the office did the right thing...
The same Kootenai County GOP committee that recently condemned Idaho GOP Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo for backing sanctions against Russia has passed a resolution blasting Tommy Ahlquist, one of the three leading GOP candidates for governor in 2018, for having donated to Democrats, and questioning whether he’s really a Republican. According to...
Idaho’s state tax revenues for September came in 3.6 percent higher than forecast, and 8.2 percent higher than revenues the previous September. That puts state general fund revenue for the fiscal year to date $29.4 million or 3.4 percent ahead of projections. Individual income tax…
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