Bob Maynard, investment manager for the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho, told lawmakers today that the outlook for stocks in the coming year is positive. Noting that he came to Idaho in 1992 and for a decade before that had a similar job in…
The Boise Police Department reports that the big star stolen from the top of the Christmas tree in the Grove plaza downtown has been recovered. Here’s the BPD’s announcement: “On January 1st around 3 in the morning a subject climbed the Downtown Boise Christmas Tree...
A federal appeals court panel says Idaho's ban on spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses violates free speech rights. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled that sections of the law illegally targeted free speech and investigative journalism. However, the panel also ruled the law correctly criminalized those who made false...
As the Legislature’s Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment opened its annual meeting this afternoon, Co-Chair Rep. Rick Youngblood, R-Nampa, noted that the panel’s mission is to make an overall assessment of Idaho’s economy for the next 18 months and the impact it’s likely to have…
The Legislature’s joint Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment Committee convenes today at the Capitol, starting at 1 p.m.; you can watch live here. The committee, a bipartisan panel of nine senators and nine representatives, will hear from an array of presenters on the state of…
Former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell has announced a new campaign for governor – of Wyoming. Rammell, who ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for Idaho governor in 2010 and as an independent against Sen. Jim Risch for the U.S. Senate in 2008, told the Jackson…
More than 200 people in Idaho who borrowed money to buy homes will benefit from a combined $112,590 from a settlement with New Jersey-based mortgage company PHH Mortgage Corp, the Idaho Statesman reports. Idaho and almost every other state had accused PHH of “premature and…
Five Idahoans died from complications related to the flu last week, a startling number, bringing the season total to 13 deaths, the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reports. “Flu is widespread in Idaho and may be especially severe this season,” said Randi Pedersen, the…
A central Idaho county is mulling withdrawing from the state's Capital Crimes Defense Fund, a move commissioners say is intended to stop local prosecutors from seeking the death penalty. The Idaho Mountain Express reports Blaine County commissioners discussed on Tuesday withdrawing...
The news that longtime Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch will retire, rather than seek another term, not only is drawing attention to a possible Mitt Romney run to replace Hatch; it’s also focusing attention on Senate seniority dominoes and chairmanships. Hatch chairs the Senate Finance Committee,...
Mike Keckler, a former award-winning Boise TV reporter and most recently chief of the Bureau of Communications for the Idaho Department of Fish & Game, has joined the state Board of Education as their chief communications and legislative affairs officer, replacing Blake Youde, who quit...
Here’s some of the news that happened while I was off: IDAHO IS FASTEST-GROWING STATE: New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Idaho is the nation’s fastest-growing state, with a 2.2 percent population increase over the year that ended in July of 2017, up…
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