Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter told Jerome County officials that they should not be swayed by possible legal challenges as they consider leasing space in the county's new jail to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In an Aug. 28 letter, Otter wrote to Captain George Oppedyk, law enforcement commander with the Jerome County Sheriff's office...
Gov. Butch Otter’s higher education task force today adopted 12 recommendations in a series of 12 unanimous votes, Idaho EdNews reports. Among them: Rewriting and resetting the “60 percent goal,” extending it out for another five years in an effort to be more realistic and...
Idaho has hired St. Luke's Health System to help people choose which insurance plans to pick on the online insurance exchange, even though the health care giant stands to financially benefit when customers choose certain plans. Some Your Health Idaho board members raised concerns Friday...
Tourists heading to central Idaho will be in the dark if local officials get their way. The first International Dark Sky Reserve in the United States would fill a chunk of the state's sparsely populated region that contains night skies so pristine that interstellar dust clouds are visible in the Milky Way. "We know the night sky has inspired...
Idaho is extending deadlines for state taxpayers who owe payments, but are affected by Hurricane Irma. For those affected, payments that are due from Sept. 4 to Jan. 31 can be sent in by Jan. 31. The relief is for all Idaho tax types, including…
The American Association of University Women has released its annual 50-state rankings for the gender pay gap, and Idaho ranks 42nd among the states, with median annual earnings in 2016 at $45,305 for men and $34,403 for women. That’s an earnings ratio of 76 percent,…
Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 10 years in August, dropping to 2.9 percent. That’s a tenth of a percentage point lower than July, and matches the state’s record low from June of 2007. It also was the sixth consecutive…
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