Tue., July 14, 2015
The news overnight that Boise’s home-grown Micron Technology is the target of a buyout offer from a state-owned Chinese company was a stunner, but analysts told Idaho Statesman reporter Bill Roberts a takeover is a “long shot,” and the $23 billion bid from Tsinghua Unigroup…
Mon., July 13, 2015
Idaho owes more than $930,000 in legal fees to Syringa Networks, the company that successfully sued to overturn the $60 million contract for the now-defunct Idaho Education Network. That’s according to a June 30 ruling from 4th District Judge Patrick Owen, reports Kevin Richert of...
Mon., July 13, 2015
This Friday, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, more than a thousand people are expected to circle the Idaho Capitol in a “Hands Around the Capitol” commemoration, Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney will host demonstrations inside the Capitol of…
Mon., July 13, 2015
Sun Valley has been approved by the U.S. Olympic Committee for four new Olympic training sites for alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, free-ride skiing and snowboarding starting this summer, the Idaho Mountain Express reports; previously, it had only a Nordic training site. "Nordic was good, but…
Mon., July 13, 2015
Which matters more: what the state constitution says or what the Idaho Senate does? That’s the big question in legal arguments submitted to the Idaho Supreme Court in advance of an Aug. 11 hearing in the “instant racing” case, with implications for gambling in Idaho…
Mon., July 13, 2015
Gov. Butch Otter knew for months that the federal government had withheld funding for Idaho's now-failed school broadband program, but lawmakers remained in the dark until much later, the AP reports. According to a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Otter wrote to one of…
Mon., July 13, 2015
As Fazliddin Kurbanov, an Uzbek who came to Boise as a refugee, goes to trial today on terrorism charges, U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson has been reaching out to the refugee community, refugee support agencies, the Muslim community, law enforcement and other groups in an effort…
Fri., July 10, 2015
Here’s an item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials have not responded to demands for millions of dollars in back payments from contractors hired under the recently dissolved statewide broadband system. This means the contractors now have clearance to file a…
Fri., July 10, 2015
Seventy-four-year-old Navy veteran Madelynn Lee Taylor won her legal fight in federal court late Thursday, winning a final judgment and order requiring the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery to allow her remains to be co-mingled with those of her wife, Jean Mixner, when she dies. The…
Thu., July 9, 2015
Idaho 2nd District Congressman Mike Simpson’s wilderness bill for the Boulder White Clouds clared the U.S. House Resources Committee today by unanimous consent, and now heads for a vote in the full House. The bill, which Simpson and an array of stakeholders have worked on…
Thu., July 9, 2015
Congress is in the midst of its effort to reauthorize the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, which hasn’t been reauthorized since 2001, when the far-reaching and now politically unpopular No Child Left Behind law became law, reports Idaho Education News. The House…
Thu., July 9, 2015
Gov. Butch Otter toured the Cape Horn Fire near Bayview today, surveying the damage done by the 1,155-acre blaze near the lakeside town of Bayview, and urged homeowners to keep brush and trees near homes trimmed. “Trim the threat,” he said, after flying over still-smouldering…
Thu., July 9, 2015
A new poll finds Jeb Bush running on top among GOP presidential hopefuls in Idaho, with Donald Trump – yes, Donald Trump – in second place. However, more than 20 percent remain undecided, and pollster Dan Jones concluded, “There is currently no clear favorite in...
Thu., July 9, 2015
Idaho, which not long ago ranked first in the nation for the percentage of its workers earning minimum wage or less, has dropped to 9th. “It’s a pretty good bump,” said Bob Uhlenkott, chief of research for the Idaho Department of Labor. The U.S. Bureau...
Thu., July 9, 2015
The Idaho Department of Correction reports today that Darrell Edward Payne, 49, a convicted murderer facing a death sentence along with life sentences for rape, robbery and kidnapping, has died after a long illness. Payne was pronounced dead at 5:05 a.m. at the Idaho Maximum...
Thu., July 9, 2015
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who serves on the Senate intelligence and foreign relations committees, went on CNN yesterday and told reporter Brianna Keilar that he expects a “lone-wolf” type terrorist attack – like the one in Tunisia in last month in which a gunman killed…
Thu., July 9, 2015
This guy stopped off in my back yard in the Boise foothills this morning to take a rest under a tree as a light rain fell; he’s among numerous deer that have become a common sight strolling through the area. A half-hour later, he was…
Wed., July 8, 2015
Five days after U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge took senior status on July 3, there’s still no word on a possible replacement. But rumor has it that Idaho GOP Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have submitted four names for consideration to the White House,...
Wed., July 8, 2015
Idaho’s real per capita personal income moved up from 49th in the nation in 2012 to 47th in 2013, the Idaho Department of Labor reports; that reflected a jump from $35,476 in 2012 to $36,340 in 2013, a 2.4 percent increase, compared to the national...
Wed., July 8, 2015
The Idaho Attorney General’s office has published new versions of its manuals on the Idaho Public Records Law, the Idaho Open meeting Law and the Ethics in Government law, to reflect changes enacted by the Legislature this year, including recodifying all three statutes into a…
Tue., July 7, 2015
Preservation Idaho, the state’s leading historic preservation group, has sent a letter to University of Idaho officials asking them not to cover two historic murals depicting the lynching of a Native American man in the former Ada County Courthouse when it reopens as the new...
Tue., July 7, 2015
Idaho Fish & Game is preparing to drain Horsethief Reservoir east of Cascade in the fall after someone about five years ago introduced brown bullhead into the lake, which was managed strictly for trout fishing; the trout fishery there was estimated to attract more than…
Tue., July 7, 2015
Two Oregon companies that were peddling magazine subscriptions to Idahoans have agreed to stop doing business in Idaho, under a settlement with the Idaho Attorney General’s office. Under the settlement, approved by a court yesterday, Liberty Publishers Service Inc. and Orbital Publishing Group Inc., agreed…
Mon., July 6, 2015
Gov. Butch Otter has issued a disaster declaration for Bonner and Kootenai counties due to the destructive Cape Horn fire, which has destroyed multiple homes, consumed more than 2,000 acres and threatened to force evacuation of more than 200 residents. “Our thoughts and prayers are...
Mon., July 6, 2015
Gov. Butch Otter is taking some issue with the sentence in my Sunday parks story that says that in 2010, he “proposed shutting down the parks department and eliminating funding.” Otter said in an interview that his move was designed to send a message –...
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