Today is the day that the Idaho Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the instant racing case, the lawsuit from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe that raises questions not only about gambling in Idaho, but also about the Idaho Constitution, the balance of power among...
Idaho's endowment lands generated a record $124 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30, the AP reports. Meanwhile, the Idaho Endowment Fund increased 3 percent to $1.8 billion. The state agency said that strong returns over the last five years have permitted boosting…
Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, the newly appointed co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee said Monday, “It’s a wonderful appointment – I’m very honored.” Keough, who long served as vice-chair to then-Senate Finance Chair Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, said, “I feel like I have some pretty...
Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, who joined in the unanimous vote of the Constitutional Defense Council this morning to pay nearly $1 million for plaintiffs’ legal fees in three major lawsuits the state lost, said, “There are very few things in state government that are…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s office recovered more than $24 million from consumer-related enforcement actions during the just-concluded fiscal year, he announced today; his office’s Consumer Protection Division also recovered more than $1 million in restitution for consumers, an amount that, for the 23rd straight…
Idaho Statesman Publisher Mike Jung is leaving to become president and publisher of The News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla. The Idaho Statesman reports in a story on Monday that Jung's last day is Aug. 21. Jung started working for McClatchy Co. and the Idaho Statesman in 2011. Jung previously worked for 10 years in advertising at Florida...
Keough Idaho Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, said he’s heard only positive reactions from his Senate GOP caucus about his appointment of Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, to chair the Senate Finance Committee, which makes her the co-chair of the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, which…
Republican state Sen. Shawn Keough of Sandpoint has been appointed to co-chair Idaho's powerful budget-setting committee. President Pro Tem Brent Hill of Rexburg on Monday announced that Keough will replace former Sen. Dean...
Idaho’s top elected officials agreed today to pay out nearly $900,000 from the state’s Constitutional Defense Fund, plus interest, to the winning parties in three lawsuits for their attorney’s fees and costs – the same-sex marriage case, the case that overturned an unconstitutional anti-abortion law,...
A legislative interim committee on urban renewal has kicked off an all-day meeting today, with Sen. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, the co-chair, saying it will look at past changes to Idaho’s urban renewal laws, other possible changes, or perhaps no changes. The panel’s other co-chair, Rep.…
Idaho had plenty of news last week while I was gone, topped by the long-sought creation of three new wilderness areas protecting the Boulder-White Clouds mountains, a precedent-setting federal court ruling that the 2014 Idaho law criminalizing surreptitious videotaping of ag operations was unconstitutional and...
I’m still on vacation; here are some vacation photos from over here in the beautiful, sunny Columbia River Gorge…
Big news out of the federal courts in Idaho today: A federal judge has ruled unconstitutional Idaho’s “ag-gag” law, which outlawed surreptitious videotaping at agricultural operations, as a violation of the First Amendment. It’s the first court ruling on an “ag-gag” law; eight states have...
I’m off this week, doing my annual week of windsurfing in the Columbia River Gorge. Let me know what I miss; I’ll be back on Monday Aug. 10th.
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo is flush with campaign cash as he seeks a fourth six-year term, with more than $4.2 million in the bank and a record fundraising haul in the past quarter that eclipsed any reporting period since he was first elected to the...
Arthur Hart, Idaho historian extraordinaire, has written an interesting column about the controversial murals in the old Ada County Courthouse, now the Idaho Law & Justice Learning Center just across the street from the state Capitol. “The murals in the 1938 Ada County Courthouse have…
Idaho has 7,900 residents who claim Basque heritage, 2,000 of them in Boise. Those numbers are self-reported on government surveys, so the actual Basque population could be much greater. What Idaho Basques lack in raw numbers, they more than make up for in concentration, visibility…
Idaho’s state computer network is “constantly under attack,” according to Gov. Butch Otter’s office, and that’s why Otter has named a new Cybersecurity Cabinet Task Force, chaired by Lt. Gov. Brad Little, to strengthen the state’s protections against computer hackers. “Every day we’re being probed…
Former state Sen. Bert Marley of McCammon has been elected the new chairman of the Idaho Democratic Party. Marley defeated current IDP Communications Director Dean Ferguson; two other candidates had initially entered the race as well, but dropped out when Marley announced. “I am honored…
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