On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, host Melissa Davlin interviews outgoing JFAC Co-Chairs Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, and Rep. Maxine Bell, R-Jerome; producer Seth Ogilvie reports on bail and pretrial issues and a possible constitutional amendment that’s in the works; and Davlin interviews...
A state board charged with contracting to have problem wolves killed asked state lawmakers for another $400,000 on Friday, though the board has received that amount from the state each of the past four years and currently has $1.4 million in the bank; you can read my...
The Ada County Assessor’s Office is still awaiting a response from Idaho Rep. Priscilla Giddings as to why the White Bird Republican deserved the $1,200 tax break she received in 2016. The office sent Giddings a “notice of intent” last November, saying it intends to collect back taxes after she erroneously received a homeowner’s exemption...
“Last year was a year of plentiful water, sometimes too plentiful, particularly across southern Idaho but also other areas of the state,” Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Gary Spackman told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning. Reservoirs are at historic levels, he said, and...
A light but widely felt earthquake has shaken southern Idaho, northern Utah and western Wyoming. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.3 quake at about 8:30 p.m. was centered about 8 miles southeast of Soda Springs, Idaho...
The University of Idaho and other state-funded entities would be prohibited from hiring lobbyists or attempting to influence state lawmakers under legislation introduced Thursday in a House committee. Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, told the House State Affairs Committee her bill...
A decade ago, the Idaho School for the Deaf & Blind in Gooding served a limited number of Idaho children. But since its reorganization in 2009 into Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind, the program has now expanded into a statewide network that...
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