A proposal to legalize oil extracted from cannabis plants is likely dead for the year after a group of lawmakers on Monday broke out in turmoil during a last-minute attempt to advance the bill, the AP reports. Republican Sen. Tony Potts asked the Senate Health and Welfare Committee to give HB 577 a hearing...
HJR 8, the “Marsy’s Law for Idaho” proposed constitutional amendment on victim’s rights, has failed in the House by falling short of the required two-thirds, or 47 votes to pass – the vote was 42-28 in favor of it, and came after more than an...
The House has begun debate on HJR 8, “Marsy’s Law for Idaho,” which would amend the Idaho Constitution’s provisions on the rights of crime victims; you can watch live here.
The House has voted 39-31 in favor of HB 590, controversial legislation to set up a scholarship fund for certain private school students only, to be administered by the state Board of Education. Rep. John VanderWoude, R-Nampa, the bill’s sponsor, said the bill would give...
Legislation to reverse a controversial 2016 change to Idaho law that makes it easier for employers to sue former employees over non-compete contracts has cleared the Idaho Senate on a 29-5 vote. When the 2016 bill passed on divided votes, opponents said it would make...
The House gallery is full today, and there are lots of school groups in the Capitol, as the state marks “Idaho Day.” The House is holding its commemoration now, and the Senate plans one as well; from noon to 1 in the Lincoln Auditorium, a…
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is set for a 4 percent budget increase in state general funds next year, largely because of the continued ramp-up of the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, or IPDES, a function for which the state is taking primacy from…
The Idaho Department of Fish & Game will take over operation of the Hagerman National Fish Hatchery next year from the U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife, and the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning voted unanimously, 20-0, in favor of a budget for Idaho Fish…
The futures of a storied Idaho park and a planned highway without a dollar to its name have become oddly entangled as one lawmaker tries to bring more control to the governor’s office, the Idaho Statesman reports. Last month, House Transportation Chairman Joe Palmer, R-Meridian, introduced a bill that would shift the hiring of three...
Idaho officials have auctioned timber on federal land as part of an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service intended to increase logging and reduce the severity of wildfires. The sale on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests in northern Idaho is the third timber sale sold by the Idaho Department of Lands under the federal Good Neighbor Authority...
If Sen. Steve Vick had his way, North Idaho would be on Mountain standard time year round – so it’d be in the same time zone as Boise in the winter, but wouldn’t change clocks for daylight-saving time in the summer; you can read my…
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