Acting Governor Brad Little today announced the appointment today of Margie Gannon of St. Maries to the Idaho House of Representatives, to fill the seat vacated by the recent resignation of Plummer Democrat Paulette Jordan, who stepped down to campaign for her party’s gubernatorial nomination.…
On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, host Melissa Davlin interviews Gov. Butch Otter; and there’s a report on the House debate on the nullification bill, which died. On the pundits panel, I join retired Idaho Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones, Davlin, and Idaho…
Coeur d’Alene Rep. Paul Amador successfully blocked Rep. Heather Scott’s amendment to her own bill limiting bond and levy elections on Friday, offering his own instead, and the bill ended up sidelined and may be dead for the session; you can read my full story…
Education would improve in Idaho if the state moved its school board elections from May to November, Coeur d’Alene Sen. Mary Souza told a Senate committee this morning, to give them more visibility and draw more voter participation. “The motivation for this now three-year effort…
The Idaho House has voted 46-21 in favor of HB 578, Rep. Lance Clow’s internet sales tax bill, which would begin requiring out-of-state sellers to collect and remit Idaho sales tax on their sales to Idahoans if they have affiliate retailers in Idaho who do…
After a two and a half hour hearing with passionate testimony on both sides, the House Health & Welfare Committee has voted unanimously in favor of HB 577, Rep. Dorothy Moon’s bill to legalize CBD oil in Idaho. Committee members expressed shock at the news...
The House Health & Welfare Committee is holding a hearing this morning on HB 577, the bill from Rep. Dorothy Moon, R-Stanley, to legalize the use of CBD oil in Idaho with a licensed practitioner’s OK. You can listen live here. Moon told the committee…
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