Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Lands has auctioned off oil and gas leases on 5,250 acres of state-owned land in southern Idaho for $263,000. The Idaho Department of Lands says Trendwell West Inc. was…
Idaho state Treasurer Ron Crane’s Democratic challenger, Twin Falls CPA Deborah Silver, went on the attack in a televised debate between the two on Thursday night, charging that Crane should be fired as state treasurer for a fund transfer that auditors say cost state taxpayers…
Tonight on Idaho Public Television, state Treasurer Ron Crane and Democratic challenger Deborah Silver will debate at 8:30 as part of the “Idaho Debates,” co-sponsored by the Idaho Press Club and the League of Women Voters of Idaho. After tonight’s debate, the series continues with…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A south-central Idaho cheese producing company has agreed to pay the federal government $88,000 following allegations it failed to properly adhere to regulations involving a colorless gas that can cause temporary blindness. Jerome…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, through his campaign, has released a lengthy statement on the legal dispute over the contract award for the Idaho Education Network, the statewide broadband network designed to link every high school; the state is embroiled in a lawsuit from Syringa Networks…
A.J. Balukoff, Democratic candidate for governor, is calling on GOP Gov. Butch Otter to immediately release all public records and communications related to the Corrections Corp. of America, after today’s Idaho Statesman reported that Otter’s top staffers were involved in negotiating a $1 million settlement…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials have approved a coho salmon fishing season on the Clearwater River following efforts by the Nez Perce Tribe to bring the salmon back after they disappeared about 30 years ago. The…
A letter to the editor in the Idaho Statesman today from Penny Ysursa, retired longtime employee of the Idaho Secretary of State’s office and wife of current GOP Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, is drawing some attention; it’s aimed at Republican Lawerence Denney, who is…
In two recent political debates, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said he recused himself from settlement talks with troubled private-prison operator Corrections Corp. of America before the state reached a $1 million settlement with the firm over fraudulent billing and understaffing; Otter said he “had nothing…
Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on tonight's debate between the two rivals to be Idaho's next state schools chief, Republican Sherri Ybarra and Democrat Jana Jones. The two will face off again on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on Idaho Public Television…
Republican candidate for state schools superintendent had a surprising answer tonight to the question as to why she’s passed on voting in 15 of the last 17 state elections, and has never cast a ballot in any state general election since she moved to Idaho…
Budget issues have prompted big disagreements between the two candidates for state superintendent of schools in the KTVB debate tonight. Asked if they support current Superintendent Tom Luna’s proposal for a 6.9 percent increase in funding for schools next year, Republican Sherri Ybarra said, “Until…
As the KTVB debate for state superintendent of schools kicked off tonight, Republican Sherri Ybarra said in her opening remarks that she was glad to address “one of my most favorite” topics, education. “I am a certified superintendent. I do hold three degrees and I…
Wow. During the just-concluded televised debate, former Congressman Richard Stallings said “load of crap” while describing the push to have the state take over public lands. He also said “stupid” – lots of times. Current Congressman Mike Simpson decried his opponent’s language as “absurd” and…
The last time 2nd District GOP Congressman Mike Simpson and Democratic challenger Richard Stallings - himself a former four-term 2nd District congressman from Idaho - faced off in a debate, it was a lively one. I haven't closely followed this race because my newspaper is…
There are more debates on tap: Tonight, 2nd District Congressman Mike Simpson debates Democratic challenger Richard Stallings on Boise TV station KTVB at 7 p.m.; the debate will air live from Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa. Immediately after that, at 8 p.m., the two candidates…
A.J. Balukoff, the Democratic candidate for governor, says GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s handling of a troubled $60 million broadband contract shows “incompetence,” and is calling on Otter to “come clean” on the deal, after reports today that state officials negotiating with Syringa Networks over the…
As of the close of business today at 5 p.m., Ada County had set a record for marriage license issuance, issuing 45 licenses, all of them to same-sex couples. That's according to Chief Deputy County Clerk Phil McGrane, who said, "This is the most licenses…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a published opinion today, detailing its legal reasoning for lifting a stay and putting into effect its order legalizing same-sex marriage in Idaho. “We decline to deny the plaintiffs their constitutional rights any longer,” the unanimous three-judge panel…
John Bujak, the Libertarian candidate for governor, told the Spokesman-Review’s editorial board today that if he’s elected and then runs for a second term, “I will likely run for a second term as a Republican, and I think it will heal the Republican Party.” Bujak…
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on the advent of same-sex marriage in Idaho this morning, which drew a crowd of couples and hundreds of their supporters to the Ada County Courthouse for marriage licenses. In just under half an hour, Ada…
Numerous wedding ceremonies were performed on the Ada County Courthouse steps this morning after same-sex couples received their long-awaited marriage licenses. At the close of one of them, as two men were being married by another minister nearby, Presbyterian minister Marci Glass said, "By the…
In the first 20 minutes that marriage licenses could be legally issued to same-sex couples in Ada County, county Clerk Chris Rich estimated that more than a dozen have been issued. "I would say we've done at least 12 to 15," he said. Things have…
There was a loud countdown and then a cheer from the crowd as the 10 o'clock hour arrived at the Ada County Courthouse this morning, where dozens of same-sex couples and hundreds of their supporters are gathered to celebrate the start of legal same-sex marriage…
There's a big crowd both inside and outside the Ada County Courthouse this morning for the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, which starts at 10 a.m....
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