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• Idaho House OKs new ethics complaint rules

  February 16, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – The Idaho House voted unanimously Tuesday to amend its ethics rules in the wake of its struggles with four ethics complaints this year, three of them against tax-protesting …

• Idaho House amends ethics rules

  February 15, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho House voted unanimously on Tuesday to amend its ethics rules in the wake of its struggles with four ethics complaints this year, three of them against tax-protesting Rep. … 1

• Eye on Boise: Resolutions abound at GOP meeting

  February 13, 2011 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – When Idaho’s Republican State Central Committee gathered for its recent winter meeting, it faced 37 proposed resolutions, including one supporting tax-protesting Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, in his ethics …

• Lawmaker’s plan would let wolf kills go unpunished

  February 11, 2011 in Idaho A North Idaho Republican says the state should not punish people who kill federally protected gray wolves. 2

• House panel approves rule to prevent citizens from filing ethics complaints against lawmakers

  February 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho residents would be barred from filing ethics complaints against state lawmakers under legislation that won the approval of a key House committee Tuesday. The new restriction, part … 1

• Tax-protesting lawmaker Hart gives up committee post

  February 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho Rep. Phil Hart agreed to give up his committee vice chairmanship Friday to avoid an ethics sanction, and the tax-protesting state representative apologized to fellow lawmakers. “If …

• Idaho official’s opinion not stopping push to nullify health law

  January 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A group of Idaho lawmakers is pushing ahead with plans to introduce legislation today to nullify the federal health care reform law, even though a new Idaho attorney …

• Hart facing another ethics complaint

  January 8, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Yet another ethics complaint has been filed against Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, this one by the write-in candidate who unsuccessfully ran against him in November. Hayden businessman Howard …

• New ethics complaint targets Rep. Hart

  January 7, 2011 in Idaho Yet another ethics complaint has been filed against Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, this one by the write-in candidate who unsuccessfully ran against him in November.Hayden businessman Howard Griffiths, who garnered … 2

• Hart averts another tax fight

  January 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart narrowly avoided a court order over the holidays when he belatedly filed his 2009 state income tax return three days before Christmas. … 2

• Lawmaker’s ethics challenged

  December 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A North Idaho political activist and backer of embattled Rep. Phil Hart is trying to file a House ethics complaint against Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake – even …

• Hart backer targets Anderson in complaint

  December 23, 2010 in Idaho A North Idaho political activist and backer of embattled Rep. Phil Hart is trying to file a House ethics complaint against Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake - though only House … 7

• Keeping seasonal beliefs aloft

  December 19, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 My son, Seth, is a 31-year-old doctor today, in his first year of neurosurgery residency at the University of Florida. But 26 years ago, he was a kindergartner suffering a …

• Representative says he’s paying price for complaint

  December 19, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, who filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, says Hart confronted him over it during the Dec. 2 organizational session of …

• Vestal: Hart ethics panel holdout Loertscher has a point

  December 17, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 Tom Loertscher is the one guy on the Idaho House Ethics Committee who wants to leave Phil Hart alone. How about Hart’s unpaid half-million in taxes and lame, I’m-a-legislator excuses? … 2

• Hart facing further investigation

  December 14, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A special House Ethics Committee voted 6-1 on Monday to launch a full investigation into the latest ethics complaint against tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart. Hart said … 1

• Ethics committee backs full inquiry on Hart

  December 13, 2010 in Idaho A special House Ethics Committee voted 6-1 today to launch a full investigation into the latest ethics complaint against tax-protesting state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, and reconvene in January. 2

• North Idaho presence on JFAC drops by two

  December 12, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Now that embattled Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, has been removed from the House tax committee for the next two years, where did he land? House Speaker Lawerence Denney …

• Judge dismisses Hart appeal

    December 9, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 An Idaho district court on Wednesday tossed state Rep. Phil Hart’s attempt to appeal a state Tax Commission order that he pay more than $53,000 in back state income taxes, … 4

• Hart ruling may come today

  December 8, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, was in a Coeur d’Alene courtroom Tuesday attempting to appeal a state Board of Tax Appeals decision rejecting his state income tax appeal. The …

• Huckleberries: Monster theories squished

  November 21, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Last Monday began with a mystery on Strahorn Road near Lacey, a section that begins an uphill climb. Where a female driver reported that she saw something that looked like …

• Eye on Boise: Campaigning begins for leadership elections

  November 14, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Now that the election is over, for state lawmakers, the elections are coming. That would be the leadership elections, set for early December when the state Legislature gathers …

• Hart pulled from tax panel

    November 10, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday that he’s removing embattled Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, from the House Revenue and Taxation Committee for the next two years and that he’ll … 1

• Hart booted from House tax committee

  November 9, 2010 in Idaho Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday that he’s removing embattled Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, from the House Revenue and Taxation Committee for the next two years and that he’ll … 3

• Hart wants new judge in tax case

  November 9, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Embattled Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart wants a new judge in his state income tax appeal case in 1st District Court in Kootenai County, a move that could …

• Rep. Hart rejects judge in tax appeal case

  November 8, 2010 in Idaho Embattled Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart has filed a motion to disqualify the judge in his state income tax appeal case in 1st District Court in Kootenai County, a move … 4

• Eye on Boise: Complicated or not, Idaho backs amendments

  November 7, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Here’s why it’s not surprising that all four constitutional amendments on this year’s Idaho ballot passed, and passed fairly easily: That’s our history. All 11 previous constitutional amendments …

• New Hart complaint filed

    November 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 BOISE – A Republican lawmaker from North Idaho has filed a new ethics complaint against Rep. Phil Hart, saying Hart’s 1996 theft of state school endowment-owned timber, claims of legislative … 2

• New ethics complaint filed against Hart

    November 5, 2010 in Idaho A GOP lawmaker from North Idaho has filed a new ethics complaint against Rep. Phil Hart, saying Hart’s 1996 theft of state school endowment-owned timber, claims of legislative immunity and … 4

• GOP incumbents finding easy wins in Idaho

  November 3, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 A tumultuous election in Idaho led to high turnout and strong feelings, but the most-Republican-voting state in the nation was left little changed. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter rallied to win …

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