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• Eye on Boise: Idaho backs Montana’s campaign spending fight

  May 27, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho is one of 22 states that filed a brief in support of Montana’s fight in the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the 2010 Citizens United decision from … 1

• Eye on Boise: Twin Falls GOP committee hopeful draws party’s ire

  May 20, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Good grief – it’s happened again. It turns out that it’s not only up north that one warring GOP faction has tried to hijack another one’s name, as … 2

• Eye on Boise: GunPAC’s targets curiously chosen

  May 13, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Among the weirdest things that emerged from campaign finance reports in Idaho this week – which showed that House Republican leaders were funneling money from their leadership PAC …

• Eye on Boise: Andrus Center’s new director brings statewide experience

  May 6, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – David Adler, a longtime political science professor and constitutional scholar at Idaho State University, has been named the new director of the Andrus Center for Public Policy at …

• Eye on Boise: Gingrich’s bad check fixed, but will it matter?

  April 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Newt Gingrich has made good on the bounced check he earlier sent to the state of Utah to file for its June 26 presidential primary election, the state’s …

• Eye on Boise: Welcome to our new Olivias, Williams

  April 22, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho’s most-popular baby names in 2010, according to the newly published state vital statistics report: Olivia and William. Placing second: Emma and Samuel, with Sophia and Logan right …

• Eye on Boise: Idaho ranks low in latest measure of gender pay gap

  April 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page B9 BOISE – Idaho ranks 43rd among the states for its gender pay gap, according to a new study from the American Association of University Women. It found that, based on …

• Eye on Boise: Here’s the rub: You’ll need a license to massage

  April 8, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho will join 43 other states and start licensing massage therapists, after Sen. Jim Hammond‘s bill was signed into law last week by Gov. Butch Otter. Therapists will … 1

• Eye on Boise: Session comes to a screaming end

  April 1, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – On the final night of this year’s legislative session, the Senate was disrupted by a woman’s shrill scream from the fourth-floor public gallery: “Give that back!” An Occupy …

• Eye on Boise: New legal defense fund, at $200,000, a late addition

  March 25, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – The Idaho Legislature has created its own $200,000 legal defense fund, to be controlled by House Speaker Lawerence Denney and Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill. The surprise appropriation, … 1

• Eye on Boise: Cigarette tax hike quickly stubbed out

  March 18, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – When a proposed $1.25-per- pack cigarette tax increase was rejected by a House committee last week – the panel refused to introduce the bill or allow a hearing … 2

• Eye on Boise: Panel finishes agency budgets

  March 11, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Legislative budget writers have now set all state agency budgets for next year, finishing their work by setting the Medicaid budget on Friday. In total, the Joint Finance-Appropriations … 2

• Eye on Boise: Legislative races shaping up; Rammell files to run

  March 4, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Bombastic former gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell has filed to run for the Legislature against freshman Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, and that’s just the start of the election news. …

• Eye on Boise: Aging state equipment enters ‘duct tape’ stage

  February 26, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter’s state budget recommendation calls for zero funding for capital replacement items, but lawmakers are concerned that some equipment replacement needs are too critical to continue …

• Eye on Boise: Bill would eliminate regulation of farm product sales

  February 12, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE - Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, is proposing an “Idaho Farm Freedom Act” that would exempt from any licensing, certification or inspection requirement the sale of farm products at farmers … 3

• Eye on Boise: E-cigarette bill opponent saw smoke, mirrors

  February 5, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – A St. Maries legislator raised fears about a “nanny state” when the Idaho House considered legislation this week to ban the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to children, but …

• Eye on Boise: Deadline’s too tight to get health insurance exchange set up, Otter says

  January 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter told the Idaho Press Club last week that he’s all but given up on establishing a state-run health insurance exchange, unless the federal government … 1

• Eye on Boise: Medicaid cuts’ impact coming clear

  January 22, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho’s former state chief economist Mike Ferguson estimates that the $35 million in state funds cut from Medicaid this year – which with federal matching funds adds up … 1

• Eye on Boise: Health committee has plenty to peruse

  January 15, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – There was quite the spectacle at the Idaho House Health and Welfare Committee’s first meeting last week when chairwoman Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls, had legislative pages bring …

• Eye on Boise: Hart tax drama extended yet again

  December 18, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE - Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart has asked for and received 30 more days to respond to federal authorities’ move to foreclose on his Athol home. The action … 1

• Eye on Boise: Seminars on open meetings, public records draw well

  December 11, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 More than 230 people throughout North Idaho attended open government seminars last week in Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene, Moscow and Lewiston. Each of the sessions, sponsored by Idahoans for Openness in …

• Eye on Boise: Put lifetime of hunting, fishing under tree

  December 4, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Need a whopper of a gift idea for the outdoors enthusiast on your list? Idaho Fish and Game has one: A lifetime of Idaho hunting or fishing – …

• Eye on Boise: Seminars coming on public records, open meetings

  November 27, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Everyone in Idaho should know what is covered – and what’s not – by the state’s public records and open meetings laws. That’s the premise behind a series …

• Eye on Boise: 4 counties in lawsuit offer own district map

  November 20, 2011 in Idaho on Page B7 BOISE – The four Idaho counties that are suing to challenge Idaho’s new legislative redistricting plan – which include Kootenai County – have drawn up and submitted to the Idaho …

• Eye on Boise: State revenues fall just shy of predictions

  November 13, 2011 in Idaho on Page B9 BOISE – Idaho’s general fund revenues for October are in, and they’re almost exactly on target, missing state economists’ forecast by just 0.7 percent. At $209.9 million, the month’s tax …

• Eye on Boise: Idaho’s dimmer economic outlook mirrors nation’s

  November 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page B7 BOISE – Idaho’s new economic forecast is out, and it’s a gloomier outlook than the state’s last forecast in July – though it still predicts growth. The change comes mainly … 3

• Eye on Boise: Risch no longer among 15 richest lawmakers

  October 30, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho Sen. Jim Risch has dropped one spot on Roll Call’s list of the 50 richest members of Congress, to 16th. The Capitol Hill newspaper analyzes congressional financial …

• Post your thoughts on education reform

  October 23, 2011 in Idaho on Page B7 BOISE – Public comments on the State Board of Education’s proposed new online class graduation requirement – requiring every Idaho high school student to take two online courses to graduate …

• Eye on Boise: Redistricting whirlwind continues

  October 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Idaho’s new citizen redistricting commission crisscrossed the state last week, holding hearings in Idaho Falls, Coeur d’Alene and Boise, all in the course of three days. “We’ve gotten …

• Eye on Boise: New redistricting panel to visit CdA

  October 2, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho’s new citizen redistricting commission is coming to town – the commission has scheduled a public hearing from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Coeur d’Alene City Hall. …

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