Lawmakers have been trying to lighten the workload of public defenders in Idaho, passing several bills this session converting misdemeanor changes to lesser violations that don't require a defense attorney, writes AP reporter Ryan Struyk. But Struyk found the new bills combined account for less…
From my Sunday column: As Idaho’s legislative session pushes into its home stretch, Gov. Butch Otter has laid out “parameters” on transportation funding, one big issue on which the House and Senate currently are at odds, and said he’d call transportation funding “the going-home bill.”…
