The AP reports that tax commissioners will donate the pay they're being forced to accept for what they had anticipated would be unpaid furloughs: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's top tax collectors are donating vacation time to an employees' leave fund after they were barred…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The University of Idaho and more than 250 retired employees have settled a lawsuit over changes to the retirees' insurance benefits. The settlement was approved by the Latah County District Court on Thursday,…
An international academic seminar on Basque immigration will be held at Boise State University July 28-30, at the height of the once-every-five-years "Jaialdi" celebration of Basque culture. The seminar, held in a different European or U.S. location each year, will include scholars from the U.S.,…
The national political media is making much of preliminary fundraising numbers released by Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick for the upcoming campaign finance report, which isn't due until July 15; CQ Politics reported today that Minnick's campaign raised $410,000 from April through June 30, putting his…
Idahoans who've been unable to obtain health insurance because of a pre-existing health condition have a new plan available to them, according to the Idaho Department of Insurance. They can now purchase coverage "comparable to that of a healthy individual," said state Insurance Director Bill…
The Idaho Supreme Court, in a 3-2 decision, has overturned a lower-court ruling that the city of Idaho Falls' long-term agreement to purchase power from the BPA was an "ordinary and necessary" expense and therefore didn't require a vote of the people; Idaho Falls Mayor…
Here's a link to the letter sent by the Bonner County Republican Central Committee to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, about the committee's plans to "make a statement at the Bonner County fair" by departing from the fair's "Fiesta at the Fair" theme, and instead decorating…
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