With a quick meeting, no questions or comments, and a 6-1 vote the House Ways & Means Committee has voted to introduce the “Add the Words” bill, to add the words “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the Idaho Human Rights Act and ban discrimination...
Gov. Butch Otter has named Grangeville attorney Gregory FitzMaurice a 2nd District judge, to succeed, Judge Michael Griffin, who retired at the beginning of this year. The new district judge will take office immediately. FitzMaurice has practiced law at his own firm in Grangeville since…
The state has outlined its timetable to rebid the Idaho Education Network broadband contract, Idaho Education News reporter Kevin Richert reports, and it suggests Idaho will likely have to do without the federal e-rate funds that were supposed to fund 75 percent of the project…
After a 20-minute break, this afternoon’s legislative ethics training session has started back up. Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, announced, “I’d like to welcome our Secretary of State, Lawerence Denney. I appreciate him joining us for this portion of the session.” The next portion…
Legislative leaders have distributed the Idaho Legislature’s new ethics manual to all lawmakers in the Lincoln Auditorium, as part of today’s ethics training. “Please write in the margins, please take notes,” House Speaker Scott Bedke told the group. “This is so important that I want…
Idaho Court of Appeals Judge Karen Lansing plans to retire June 30 after 22 years on the bench, she announced today. “The opportunity to serve Idahoans as a Court of Appeals judge has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” said Judge Lansing.…
By my count, there are about 135 people gathered in the Lincoln Auditorium for the Legislature’s mandatory ethics training this afternoon, though not all are legislators; the session is mandatory for the 105 senators and representatives. Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, thanked them all...
Idaho lawmakers are beginning to gather in the Lincoln Auditorium for today's mandatory ethics training, which will run all afternoon, 'til 5 p.m. House Speaker Scott Bedke and Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill said they haven't had any ask to skip the session. "We do...
In unprecedented move, the House Ways & Means Committee - the leadership-controlled panel that rarely meets until late in the session - has announced a meeting for 5 p.m. today to consider introducing the "Add the Words" bill, the measure to amend the Idaho Human...
Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra will push for a 6.4 percent increase in public school funding for next year, slightly less than the 7.4 percent boost sought by Gov. Butch Otter, Idaho Education News reports. Reporter Clark Corbin reports that Otter’s budget team and…
Idaho’s Constitutional Defense Council will hold a special meeting Thursday at 8:30 a.m. in the Borah Post Office building’s 2nd floor courtroom, to consider paying $400,000-plus in court-ordered attorney fees and costs in the gay marriage case...
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