Recent stories by Betsy

• Idaho puts lakefront cabin lots up for auction

  April 9, 2013 in Idaho on Page A1 For the first time, Idaho is opening up every state-owned cabin site on Priest Lake to bidding that could pit longtime leaseholders against new hopefuls willing to pay substantially more … 24

• Eye on Boise: Risch knows value of early campaign launch

  April 7, 2013 in Idaho on Page B9 BOISE – It’s more than a year before the primary election, but Idaho Sen. Jim Risch announced last week that he’ll seek re-election in 2014. “When I ran for this … 2

• North Idaho strong in Legislature

  April 7, 2013 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – There was the freshman representative from Coeur d’Alene who led an insurrection among House GOP freshmen that changed the outcome of the session’s biggest issue: Gov. Butch Otter’s … 5

• Idaho’s lawmakers pass budget, head home

  April 5, 2013 in Idaho 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 lawmakers have deal on new schools budget

  April 4, 2013 in Idaho 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 governor signs bill tightening initiative rules

  April 3, 2013 in Idaho 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

• Idaho governor signs bill allowing extra-heavy trucks

  April 2, 2013 in Idaho 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 …

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

  March 31, 2013 in Idaho 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 …

• Health worker protection bill fails

  March 29, 2013 in Health, Idaho 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 …

• Idaho school budget rejected by one vote in Senate

  March 28, 2013 in Idaho 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 private school tuition tax credits bill dies

  March 27, 2013 in Idaho 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

• Eye on Boise: Lawmakers hear of Medicaid expansion’s upside

  March 24, 2013 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Idaho’s House and Senate Health and Welfare committees heard rather stunning figures Friday, including this one: A University of Idaho economist estimates that Idaho’s economy would get a …

• Extra-heavy rigs to lumber on Idaho highways

  March 23, 2013 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – Extra-heavy trucks could roll on North Idaho highways under controversial legislation that passed the Idaho House on Friday and headed to the governor’s desk. The extra-heavy trucks – … 1

• Senate OKs Otter’s health insurance exchange proposal

  March 22, 2013 in Health, Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter won his biggest legislative victory in his seven years in office Thursday, persuading reluctant GOP lawmakers to approve his plan for a state-based health … 6

• House approves cookie tax exemption

  March 20, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – The Idaho House has voted 59-11 in favor of removing the state’s 6 percent sales tax on Girl Scout cookies. Idaho and Hawaii are the only states that … 2

• Bill challenges Idaho tribal casinos

  March 19, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Gambling opponents in the Idaho Legislature launched a new attack Monday on tribal casinos in Idaho. Former Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robert Bakes, a gambling opponent, introduced a … 2

• Panel passes heavy-load bill

  March 19, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Legislation to open nonfreeway routes in Idaho to extra-heavy trucks passed a state House committee over the objections of the two North Idaho lawmakers. The bill now moves … 2

• Eye on Boise: Private school tax break plan heads to House vote

  March 17, 2013 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, says he believes his bill to provide $10 million a year in tax credits for scholarships to private schools would prompt 2,622 Idaho … 4

• Health exchange moves to Idaho Senate

  March 14, 2013 in Health, Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – North Idaho representatives split 7-7 late Wednesday as the Idaho House, after a feisty seven-hour debate, approved Gov. Butch Otter’s proposal for a state-based health insurance exchange on …

• Idaho X-ray tech bill not seeing light of day

  March 13, 2013 in Health, Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho is one of six states with no training or certification requirements for those who run X-rays on medical patients, from simple pictures to CT scans and other … 1

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• Idaho Capitol Tour

  July 10, 2009 in Idaho Reporter Betsy Z. Russell narrates a series of photos she took on a tour of the under-renovation Idaho Capitol building July 10, 2009.