Recent stories by Betsy

• 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

• Initiative limits bill clears Idaho Senate

  March 12, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A bill making it tougher to put initiatives on the ballot cleared the Idaho Senate on Monday. Supporters of the legislation, which also apply to referenda, insist the … 3

• Eye on Boise: Universities get ‘small step’ toward deferred maintenance

  March 10, 2013 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – At the start of this year’s session, Idaho’s legislative budget writers heard a report on deferred maintenance at the state’s public universities, complete with shocking pictures showing rotting … 1

• Idaho Senate says yes to heavier trucks, more routes

  March 7, 2013 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Any route in Idaho other than interstate freeways would potentially be fair game for extra-heavy trucks under legislation that passed the Idaho Senate on Wednesday. Numerous North Idaho … 6

• Panel backs restoring teacher pay

  March 5, 2013 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho would restore cuts to state funding for teacher salaries made over the past three years under a public schools budget set Monday by a legislative committee. Five … 2

• Eye on Boise: Federal cuts get panel’s attention

  March 3, 2013 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – A blizzard of numbers was presented to legislative budget writers Friday on the potential impact of the federal sequestration cuts on the state. Overall, it showed a potential … 2

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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.