This week is College Application Week across the state, sponsored by the state Board of Education and proclaimed by Gov. Butch Otter. It’s also the week that thousands of letters from Gov. Butch Otter and state Board of Education President Don Soltman are expected to…
A group of Idaho workers have brought a civil rights complaint against the state's worker compensation agency for only providing services in English, the AP reports. Erik Johnson, an attorney with Idaho Legal Aid Services, filed the federal complaint against the Idaho Industrial Commission on...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter says he would have preferred the sage grouse receive federal Endangered Species Act protections rather than navigate new federal regulations designed to protect the bird's habitat. Otter spoke to land management officials on Tuesday...
A former Idaho man’s problems convincing the state of Pennsylvania he should have the right to bear arms landed in the Idaho Supreme Court today, as the justices heard an appeal from a lower-court ruling. Fourth District Judge Lynn Norton ruled in 2014 that Todd…
The board of the West Ada School District, the state’s largest, voted in a special meeting last night to decline Superintendent Linda Clark’s resignation and instead terminate her contract, charging that she “abandoned” her job and committed an ethics violation. The Idaho Press-Tribune has a…
The Idaho Attorney General’s office has agreed to serve as special prosecutor in the case of the shooting death of a 62-year-old Council rancher by two sheriff’s deputies after the rancher’s bull was struck by a car. The death of Jack Yantis has stunned the...
The 2015 State Integrity Investigation is out today, measuring hundreds of variables to compile transparency and accountability grades for all 50 states. The grades aren’t good; Alaska, which scored the best in the nation, earned a C, and only two other states earned better than...
Home loan applications Idaho increased for the second year in a row as the state continues to recover from the Great Recession, according to housing data submitted by banks and mortgage companies. The AP reports that more construction coupled with more confidence in the housing…
If you’ve got ski or snowboard gear to sell or you’re looking to buy, you’re in luck – it’s Ski Swap weekend in Boise. The 65th annual Ski Swap sponsored by the Bogus Basin Ski Education Foundation, formerly the Bogus Basin Ski Racing Alliance, opens…
Idaho requires every bill in the Legislature to have a Statement of Purpose and fiscal note, stating the financial impact of the legislation on the state’s general fund over the coming year. Aside from appropriation bills, for which fiscal notes are developed by legislative budget…
Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television includes co-host Melissa Davlin’s interview with JFAC Co-Chair Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, on state budget and revenue issues; discussion of local election results from around the state and more...
After the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Butch Otter’s attempted veto of the instant racing repeal bill wasn’t valid because it was delivered back to the Senate after the Idaho Constitution’s five-day deadline, lawmakers are debating whether they should change state laws or legislative…
A 12-foot Columbian mammoth tusk has been unearthed in Idaho and scientists say more of the fossil skeleton might still be buried at the site, the AP reports. Researchers say the large herbivore lived 72,000 to 200,000 years ago and was about 16 to 19…
Idaho currently doesn’t have any legal issues with the Corrections Corp. of America, Deputy Attorney General Paul Panther told the Legislative Council today, though the state still has a contract with a CCA-operated private prison in Colorado that’s currently housing 208 Idaho inmates, a contract…
If you’ve been wondering – and I know I have – why white plastic tension rods, like shower curtain bars, have been installed all around the Capitol under protruding items like drinking fountains, we now have the answer: ADA. They’re an interim version of a fix...
Possible legislation is in the works on urban renewal and taxes, the Legislative Council heard today, as it wrapped up reports from legislative interim committees, though the urban renewal panel hasn't agreed yet on its direction...
As the Legislative Council continues to hear reports from interim legislative committees today, it's discussed purchasing law changes and gotten into an intense debate over the fate of the Health Care Task Force, which has been meeting since 1999...
The Legislative Council is hearing reports from the Legislative interim committees today. Among them: BROADBAND ACCESS STUDY COMMITTEE: Staffer Brooke Brourman said the panel has met three times and heard 31 presentations, “and really they were all chock-full of information.” The group’s next meeting on...
The Legislative Council, the joint committee that oversees legislative business when lawmakers aren’t in session, is meeting all day today; it agreed this morning to hold a half-day workshop on “Building Trust Through Civil Discourse” for all members of the Legislature, working with the University...
Forest-dwelling communities in the West must do a better job at making their homes resistant to wildfires so that wildland firefighters can better defend those homes and surrounding forests, federal, state and local officials said at a meeting today in Boise. That's one lesson learned…
Ten American Indian tribes, including the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Idaho, are gaining access to national criminal databases after a deadly shooting in Washington state helped reveal flaws in the way federal authorities and tribal governments share information, the AP reports. Tribes can now conduct thorough…
A couple from Central Oregon is buying an Idaho ski area once owned by actor Bruce Willis. Soldier Mountain Ski Area announced Wednesday that it's being purchased by Matt and Diane McFerran of Bend, Oregon...
Brundage Mountain Resort at McCall will offer free lift tickets for its beginner chairlift, Easy Street, throughout the upcoming 2015-2016 ski season. “We want to give people a ‘free sample’ of the Brundage Mountain experience because we’re confident that they’ll fall in love with the…
A Priest River High School senior who will graduate with nearly four semesters of college credit has organized a symposium at her school next Tuesday at 6, to help other students learn how to take advantage of Idaho’s Advanced Opportunities program, which includes several programs...
1st District Idaho Congressman Raúl Labrador will hold a town hall meeting in Meridian on Wednesday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Meridian City Hall council chambers, 33 E. Broadway Ave. He will take questions from the audience, and also will meet with reporters prior...
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