On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” program on Idaho Public Television, I join Jim Weatherby, Molly Messick and host Greg Hahn to discuss the week’s developments in the Legislature. Plus, Aaron Kunz interviews state Sen. John Goedde and Rep. Janie Ward-Engelking; Melissa Davlin interviews freshman Rep. Paul…
Seven Idaho lawmakers – all House freshmen – have asked the Idaho Attorney General to investigate whether robocalls by opponents of the governor’s health exchange legislation violated the Idaho Telephone Soliciation Act, reports Dan Popkey of the Idaho Statesman. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, told…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation intended to protect Idahoans' privacy by restricting how law enforcement uses drones is headed to the Senate for possible changes to allow more law enforcement use. The bill, aimed at establishing legal…
A rare consensus bill to revive a piece of the voter-rejected “Students Come First” laws – a measure backed by both the Idaho Education Association and the Idaho School Boards Association to reinstate a requirement that teacher negotiations be conducted in open meetings – has…
This morning’s Rev & Tax Committee hearing came and went without taking up any new proposal – or either of the existing bills – on cutting personal property taxes for business equipment. Rep. Gary Collins, R-Nampa, the committee chairman, said, “We will have a vote…
Two House-passed bills dealing with concealed weapons won approval from the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning, the AP reports. The first, HB 293, is designed to make Idaho's concealed weapons permit valid in more states, by creating a voluntary, "enhanced" permit requiring more traing.…
The Senate is holding a special ceremony this morning to recognize five Idaho servicemen who lost their lives in Afghanistan in the past year. In a departure from history and tradition, the ceremony in the Senate chamber includes Gov. Butch Otter, who is sitting next…
The House Revenue & Taxation Committee has voted 12-4 in favor of HB 286, Sen. Bob Nonini’s bill to give up to $10 million a year in tax credits for scholarships for students to attend private schools. Among those testifying in favor of the bill…
Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, told the House Revenue & Taxation Committee this morning that he believes his bill to provide $10 million a year in tax credits for scholarships to private schools would prompt 2,622 Idaho students to transfer from public to private schools,…
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