Yesterday was a day of sharp contrasts for me, when I went from photographing Idaho's maximum security prison - likely the least accessible of all our public buildings in the state - to the state Capitol, which traditionally has been the most accessible, but has…
Gov. Butch Otter celebrated today at a ceremony marking the completion of a project to widen the most-traveled section of I-84 in Idaho, between Meridian and Garrity Road. "Finally we’re turning this twice-a-day, six-and-a-half-mile-long parking lot into a real highway again,” Otter said. “Now it’s…
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa notes that the law that permits candidates for federal office to run as long as they're a resident of the state they'll represent on the day of the general election is the U.S. Constitution - and the rule applies…
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little launched his re-election campaign today under a fine drizzle in Capitol Park in Boise; now, he's off to Idaho Falls and Coeur d'Alene for additional announcements. "Government should only be there to protect and create opportunity for individuals and businesses,…
Idaho’s maximum security prison marked its 20th anniversary on Thursday, with two of its units sitting vacant. It’s not that Idaho doesn’t have enough prisoners — it’s short on money. Inmates have been shifted to the cheapest beds available, like those down the road at…
The Idaho AARP says the combination of state budget cuts with cutbacks in health coverage for part-time state workers and shifting state retirees off the state health plan onto Medicare is "a combination that spells health care disaster for many Idaho residents," and the organization…
When Idaho's senior senator, Mike Crapo, last sought re-election, he made history by drawing no challenger on the ballot, just a write-in. This time, Crapo has drawn a Democratic challenger well in advance of Idaho's May 2010 primary election - but it's a lawyer from…
The Idaho Department of Water Resources is asking for the public's help to identify improperly abandoned wells, after a hunting dog fell 270 feet into one near Twin Falls, an accident the dog barely survived. "Wells that have not been properly abandoned can be deadly…
Cameron Burke, who has served as court executive for the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts in Idaho for the past 18 years, has accepted a new position working with federal courts across the country. Burke will become a federal court financial management liaison, working for…
Idaho's Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise has been selected as one of 11 locations to receive a sapling grafted from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis, which Anne frequently wrote about…
Idaho education officials are bracing for a raft of waiver requests from school districts that have seen student attendance suffer from the flu - and don’t want the drop in attendance to hurt their district’s state funding. Idaho bases its funding allocation to districts for…
When Idaho boaters register their boats for the next boating season, they’ll no longer have to purchase a separate invasive species sticker – it’ll all be combined into a single registration sticker. “It saves a tremendous amount of money,” said Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake,…
Developers of a Smiths Ferry subdivision are facing fines of up to $125,000 for storm water violations impacting the North Fork of the Payette River, the EPA announced today. The agency said Sal Gallucci, JJS Southwest LLC and Whitehawk Land Development Corp. failed to apply…
South-Central Idaho's Hispanic population has grown by 85 percent since 2000, according to a new University of Idaho study, paralleling the dramatic increase in the dairy industry in the region, which employs a large Hispanic workforce. The two-year UI study, funded in part by the…
Six FBI special agents and support personnel from Idaho also have been awarded the U.S. Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement for their work on the Joseph Duncan case, joining five from the U.S. Attorney's office prosecution team. The six from the FBI:…
Gov. Butch Otter has released his letter responding to House and Senate Democrats who formally requested him to delay a sharp increase in health insurance premiums for part-time state employees. In it, Otter maintains the state will see higher savings than initial estimates have shown…
Instead of raising more revenue, a fee increase hitting out-of-state hunters and anglers has resulted in less money flowing to the Idaho Fish and Game Department this year. “Usually in Idaho we sell out right away when it comes to our nonresident deer and elk…
Gov. Butch Otter's surgeon reports that his shoulder surgery today went "exceptionally well." Dr. Michael Curtin of Intermountain Orthopaedics, an orthopedic surgeon, said, "Surgery went exceptionally well, and in contrast to the injury he had earlier this year, and the surgery he had earlier this…
The Idaho Supreme Court has tossed a lawsuit ruling that resulted in one of the largest jury awards in Idaho history, the AP reports. The court's ruling today essentially sent a case between MRI Associates and Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center back for a new…
Five employees of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Idaho, including Assistant U.S. Attorneys Wendy Olson and Traci Whelan, have been honored with the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement for their work on the Joseph Duncan case, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter underwent rotator cuff surgery on his left shoulder this morning, according to his office, to repair an injury that occurred several weeks ago while he was clearing brush on his ranch near Star. “Fortunately it is not as serious as the…
Gov. Butch Otter is defending a move to sharply increase health insurance costs for part-time state employees, even though some will face premiums that exceed their take-home pay. "This is the same thing the city of Boise does, the University of Idaho does, every company…
Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick is being lauded by the National Rifle Association for his work to protect spring-assisted pocketknives from being reclassified as switchblades, an issue that prompted Minnick to display his own such pocketknife at a congressional committee hearing last summer. The change has…
Idaho's Senate and House Democratic caucuses have sent a joint letter to Gov. Butch Otter, on behalf of all 25 Democrats serving in the House and Senate, formally requesting the governor to delay a plan to impose much higher premiums on part-time state employees for…
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little has scheduled his "official announcement tour" to announce his candidacy for re-election as lieutenant governor, but when I looked at the tour announcement, I only saw "Brad Little for Idaho." It named his campaign co-chairs, who are the state's last…
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