Ninety-three of Idaho's 115 school districts are now collecting supplemental levies – voter-approved property tax increases designed to supplement thin school budgets – up from 91 districts a year ago, reports Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News. It’s a trend that’s been growing since Idaho’s…
AP Photo Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: SALMON, Idaho (AP) — Hunters participating in a wolf- and coyote-shooting contest in east-central Idaho killed 30 coyotes but no wolves. Idaho for Wildlife's Steve Alder says the Predator Hunting Contest and Fur Rendezvous that...
Retired longtime Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa is joining Gallatin Public Affairs, where he will be “of counsel.” That’s similar to positions other longtime former elected officials have taken with the regional firm, from former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus to the late former Idaho...
A new poll by Utah pollster Dan Jones & Associates shows that two-thirds of Idahoans believe it should be against state law to discriminate against gays, lesbians and transgender people in housing, employment and business. The poll, which queried 520 Idaho adults in late December…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments on its approval of a gold mining company's plan to reopen a road in a central Idaho wilderness and drill core samples to find out…
A Boise State University assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Vishal Saxena, has been awarded a five-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant aimed at furthering his research into a more sustainable “cloud” for Internet data. The problem is that the cloud currently relies on...
Idaho is one of seven states that have opted out of compliance with a 2003 law aimed at eliminating prison rape, and could face financial penalties, the AP reports. Now, a Texas senator is pushing legislation to eliminate the penalties from the law, prompting national…
The state’s new official Report to the Governor on state employee compensation and benefits is out, and it recommends merit-based raises averaging 3 percent for state employees next year. If approved, that’d be the biggest raise targeted toward state employees since 2008. Idaho state employees…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has now also filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in Idaho’s same-sex marriage case, along with Gov. Butch Otter. “This case presents the Court with the opportunity to resolve a divisive split on a question of nationwide importance:…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has filed a petition appealing the legalization of same-sex marriage in Idaho to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the state’s case is the “ideal vehicle” to resolve the issue for the nation; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com....
The Idaho Legislature’s Change in Employee Compensation Committee, a joint committee consisting of nine members each from the House and Senate, will convene next Thursday at 8 a.m. to begin reviewing state employee compensation, salaries, turnover, state employee morale and more. The panel will take…
The inauguration ceremony for Idaho’s top elected officials is set for next Friday, Jan. 9, starting at noon at the state Capitol. Officials to be sworn in on the Capitol steps are the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state controller, attorney general and superintendent…
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