Close to 70 women turned out for Gov. Butch Otter's “Women’s Day in the Capitol” today, at which 32 female officials of Otter's administration explained what they and their agencies do, and then the governor and officials took questions from the audience. Questions ranged from…
It may seem like it's taken an awfully long time for the process to go through of appointing Idaho's new U.S. Attorney - after all, the Obama Administration has been in office for a year and a half. But Carl Tobias, a law professor at…
A quarter of Idaho's 200 cities lost population from July 1, 2008 to July 1, 2009, according to the Idaho Department of Labor and the U.S. Census Bureau. That's higher than the previous year, but still well below the number of Idaho cities that lost…
Here's a news item from The Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho leaders attended a ribbon-cutting to officially open a new $50-million drug treatment prison near Boise. Inmates will start moving into the 432-bed minimum security Correctional Alternative Placement Program in July. The prison…
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Wendy Olson as Idaho's new U.S. Attorney, replacing current U.S. Attorney Tom Moss, who has served since 2001. Olson was recommended by Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick and nominated by the White House in March; her confirmation was applauded today by…