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• Otter touts legislative wins

  April 6, 2013 on Page B1 BOISE – After the 2013 session ended, Gov. Butch Otter joked that he grew confident his proposal for a state-based health insurance exchange would succeed only “when that bill hit …

• Bonner County dispatchers allege hostile work environment

  April 5, 2013 SANDPOINT, Idaho — A former dispatcher and a current dispatcher at the Bonner County 911 Center in North Idaho have filed legal notices announcing their intention to file lawsuits against … 35

• Idaho’s lawmakers pass budget, head home

  April 5, 2013 on Page A1 BOISE – Idaho lawmakers adjourned their legislative session Thursday after 88 days, running nearly a week longer than planned amid a deadlock in the Senate over the budget for public … 1

• Idaho wraps up 88-day legislative session

  April 4, 2013 Idaho lawmakers adjourned their legislative session today after 88 days, running nearly a week longer than planned amid a deadlock in the Senate over the budget for public schools. 4

• Rain showers to douse spring warm up

  April 4, 2013 Rain showers arriving over the Inland Northwest today have put an end to the weeklong string of mild spring weather, forecasters said.

• Agencies plan to crack down on property crime

  April 4, 2013 on Page A1 Law enforcement officers in Spokane and Kootenai counties announced plans to crack down on property crimes following a series of confrontations involving homeowners firing gunshots at suspected criminals. Top lawmen … 23

• Idaho lawmakers have deal on new schools budget

  April 4, 2013 on Page A5 BOISE – A new $1.3 billion Idaho public schools budget built by legislators this week is poised to pass a final vote today. The compromise version has been embraced by … 2

• Idaho records

  April 4, 2013 on Page A6 For 04-04-2013

• A week and much angst later, new Idaho school budget matches old one

  April 3, 2013 Idaho lawmakers wrote a new public schools budget Wednesday, one that’s virtually identical to the $1.03 billion spending plan that was rejected by one vote in the Senate last week. 3

• Kootenai County public defender reinstated

  April 3, 2013 Kootenai County public defender John Adams won’t be fired after all, commissioners decided Tuesday. 6

• Idaho governor signs bill tightening initiative rules

  April 3, 2013 on Page A5 BOISE – It soon will be tougher to get an initiative onto the Idaho ballot. Barely five months after Idaho voters took to the ballot box to scrap the Legislature’s … 4

• Otter signs bill making ballot measures tougher in Idaho

  April 2, 2013 Gov. Butch Otter has signed SB 1108 into law, the measure making it tougher to qualify an initiative or referendum measure for the Idaho ballot. 11

• Idaho governor signs bill allowing extra-heavy trucks

  April 2, 2013 on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has signed legislation allowing extra-heavy trucks on nonfreeway routes statewide but says he wants the Idaho Transportation Department to hold public hearings and take …

• Otter wants hearings before heavy trucks roll

  April 1, 2013 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has signed legislation allowing extra-heavy trucks statewide, but says he wants the Idaho Transportation Department to hold public hearings and take other steps before designating any … 2

• Sun may bring first 70-degree temp

  April 1, 2013 Bright sunshine pushed thermometers in the Spokane region to 70 degrees for the first time since last October. 8

• Judge rejects suit to halt CdA condo construction

  April 1, 2013 on Page A6 A North Idaho judge has rejected a request by a group of homeowners trying to prevent a company from building a 14-story condominium in downtown Coeur d’Alene. The Coeur d’Alene … 1

• Eye on Boise: Lawmakers ready if city won’t go their way

  March 31, 2013 on Page B2 BOISE – The state Legislature makes the laws, including the ones that say cities can govern local planning and zoning issues. “So if we give them the authority, we also …

• Huckleberries: GOP committee shows love for Steve Adams

  March 31, 2013 on Page B3 City Attorney Mike Gridley may think Steve Adams is a moron (for threatening legal action that could sidetrack a federally mandated expansion of the sewer plant). And Mayor Sandi Bloem …

• Former Idaho pol’s poaching conviction upheld

  March 29, 2013 Colorful former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell has lost his second appeal over a 2010 elk poaching charge, with the Idaho Court of Appeals ruling unanimously that two lower courts … 8

• Health worker protection bill fails

  March 29, 2013 on Page A6 BOISE – Coeur d’Alene Rep. Luke Malek’s bill to make attacking a health care worker a felony – a measure requested in part by Kootenai Medical Center, which says violent …

• Assault bill killed amid CdA lawmaker dispute

  March 28, 2013 BOISE – Coeur d’Alene Rep. Luke Malek’s bill to make attacking a health care worker a felony — a measure requested in part by Kootenai Medical Center — was killed … 6

• Idaho school budget rejected by one vote in Senate

  March 28, 2013 on Page A1 BOISE – In a stunning move Wednesday, the Idaho Senate rejected the public school budget by one vote – sending lawmakers back to the drawing board and derailing plans to … 4

• Idaho Senate OKs wolf fund

  March 28, 2013 on Page A6 BOISE – The Senate voted 26-8 to divert money from a Department of Fish and Game hunter-access program to wolf control, an effort backed by the state’s livestock industry. Wednesday’s … 1

• Idaho records

  March 28, 2013 on Page A6 For 03-28-2013

• Coeur d’Alene Mines moving head office to Chicago

  March 27, 2013 Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. announced today it will move its headquarters to Chicago this year. 5

• Idaho Senate kills school budget, derailing planned end to session

  March 27, 2013 In a stunning and historic move today, the Idaho Senate defeated the public school budget by one vote – sending lawmakers back to the drawing board and derailing plans to … 7

• Idaho private school tuition tax credits bill dies

  March 27, 2013 on Page A7 BOISE – An Idaho Senate committee has killed legislation to grant $10 million a year in tax credits for donations for scholarships to private schools, a plan Coeur d’Alene Sen. … 2

• Idaho Senate kills private school tax credits bill

  March 26, 2013 BOISE – A bill to grant $10 million in tax credits to support scholarships in private schools was killed by an Idaho senate committee today. 13

• Abortions rise 36 percent among Idaho women

  March 26, 2013 BOISE — The number of abortions among Idaho women rose 36 percent between 2001 and 2011, with about 40 percent of the procedures happening in other states, according to a … 11

• Idaho marriage rate at 60-year low

  March 25, 2013 on Page A6 The state’s marriage rate in 2011 fell to its lowest point in the last 60 years, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says. The Coeur d’Alene Press reported that … 1

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