When the Idaho National Guard's 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Iraq in 2004, it was the largest deployment of any Idaho unit since World War II. Now, the same unit has gotten preliminary word that it could be going back to Iraq in…
Sen. Lee Heinrich, R-Cascade, said at one time he drove a groomer on snowmobile trails, and "I encountered motor vehicles trying to drive up groomed snowmobile trails." That's not a violation of the law now, he said, and counties can't cite folks for doing it.…
Kitty Kunz, executive director of the Idaho Women's Commission, says she personally disagrees with the idea that the commission has outlived its usefulness, as suggested by Sen. Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle, who's proposed legislation to eliminate it. "We feel we still have a mission, even though…
Lt. Gov. Brad Little, at the close of his budget hearing before JFAC today, was asked by Rep. George Eskridge, R-Dover, "Do you and Gov. Otter plan on rodeoing at the same time?" Little responded with a chuckle, "He keeps telling me it was the…
Budget cuts at the Idaho State Police are hitting hard, Col. Jerry Russell, ISP chief, warned legislative budget writers this morning. “We are now well beyond trimming fat and we are cutting into the agency’s bone and muscle,” he said. Among the ISP’s successes in…
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research studied the status and well-being of women across the states in 2004, and gave Idaho poor grades – mostly D’s and F’s – for measures including social and economic autonomy, employment and earnings, reproductive rights and more. Idaho ranked…
House Appropriations Chairwoman Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, said she’s seen lots of attempts to eliminate the Idaho Women’s Commission over the years in JFAC. “It seemed like there were always those, especially the males on the committee, who did not see the value of funding the…
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