A state commission took a step Wednesday toward beginning the integration process that would allow a Texas oil company to move forward with plans to drill for natural gas or oil in western Idaho, while clarifying rights of the surrounding mineral rights owners who aren't part of the initial drilling lease. The Oil and Gas Conservation Commission...
Former state Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, who ran unsuccessfully against Gov. Butch Otter in the GOP primary last year as Otter sought his third term as governor, has endorsed GOP U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo for re-election. Fulcher said in a statement, “For America to survive…
Treasure Valley Racing, operator of Les Bois Park in Boise, today filed a petition to intervene in the court case in which the Coeur d’Alene Tribe is challenging instant racing in Idaho. In the petition, Treasure Valley Racing’s attorneys, Barker Rosholt & Simpson, argued that…
In the state’s response to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s instant racing challenge today, Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney says he has no opinion on whether Gov. Butch Otter’s attempted veto of the instant racing repeal bill, SB 1011, was valid. “He takes no position…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden says the Coeur d'Alene Tribe is going after the wrong guy in their legal fight over instant horse racing terminals. The tribe filed a petition with the Idaho...
Quite the surprising sight in the east wing corridor of the state Capitol this afternoon as a couple of reporters strolled in: A 2-foot slab of marble wainscoting trim lay smashed on the floor in many pieces, alongside a toddler, the assistant director of a…
Concerns over bird flu are prompting the Idaho State Department of Agriculture to recommend excluding waterfowl, including ducks and geese, from county fairs this summer, the Idaho Press-Tribune reports. Officials also are recommending heightened bio-security for all birds at fairgrounds, meaning no sharing of food…
Coeur d’Alene Racing, operator of the Greyhound Park Event Center in Post Falls, has filed a petition to offer arguments in the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s lawsuit against the state of Idaho over the instant racing repeal bill. The company has hired former Idaho Attorney General…
Athol’s former city clerk, Sally R. Hansen, was sentenced to four years in federal prison Tuesday and ordered to pay nearly half a million dollars in restitution and fines for embezzling funds from the small North Idaho city. Among her crimes was writing phony city...
A North Idaho retiree’s push to force a voter referendum on this year’s Idaho transportation funding bill – which includes a 7-cent gas tax increase that takes effect July 1 – has fallen far short. Alan Littlejohn of Athol needed to gather 47,432 signatures by…
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney is less than enthusiastic about the resolution passed by the Idaho Republican Party central committee at its meeting last weekend calling for relaxing financial disclosure requirements for political committees or PACs by exempting them from reporting or itemizing the...
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a wildfire that has scorched at least 7,000 acres near Celebration Park is believed to have been started by people, but the cause is under investigation. Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman…
Cathy Silak, dean of Concordia University School of Law in Boise, was celebrating today as the Boise law school received provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association, allowing its graduates to take the bar exam in any state. She said the school’s first graduating class…
With the additional $9.5 million surplus Idaho’s state general fund tax revenues built up in May, the estimates for the amounts that this year’s transportation bill – which splits a “surplus eliminator” between additional transportation work and the Budget Stabilization Fund, the state’s main rainy-day…
Concordia University School of Law in Boise has received provisional approval for accreditation by the American Bar Association, the school announced today; that allows the school’s graduates to take any state’s bar exam, including Idaho’s, and means they’ll be treated the same as graduates of...
The latest Idaho poll by Idaho Politics Weekly, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates, shows a surprising 70 percent of Idahoans favor boosting the state’s minimum wage to $10 an hour. The reason this is surprising: Idaho’s elected state Legislature has never been enthusiastic about...
The Idaho GOP Central Committee, at its summer meeting today in Idaho Falls, approved three resolutions: One calling for relaxing the financial disclosure requirements for political committees or PACs by exempting them from reporting contributions of less than $200; one calling for use of the...
The Idaho Republican Party’s central committee will vote Saturday on a resolution calling for relaxing Idaho’s requirements for disclosing contributions to political committees or PACs. Under current law, political committees with expenditures that exceed $5,000 must report individual annual contributions exceeding $50, and all individual…
Idaho state tax revenues came in above forecasts again in May, running 5.4 percent ahead. That puts year-to-date general fund collections 9.5 percent above last year’s level and 3.8 percent ahead of forecasts. Individual income taxes led the gains, coming in 22.7 percent ahead of…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three candidates are tossing their hat in to be the new chair of Idaho's Democratic Party. The list of candidates who have declared as of Friday include party spokesman Dean Ferguson, retired Pocatello...
This seems to be “Say Nice Things About Mike Crapo day” at the Idaho GOP summer meeting in Idaho Falls, reports Melissa Davlin of Idaho Public TV. Davlin reports from Idaho Falls that Crapo, the luncheon speaker today, received a friendly welcome from the party…
A North Idaho coin dealer who was accused of taking money from customers, but never making good on his promise to deliver gold and silver coins in return has been ordered to pay 10 customers more than $578,000, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced today....
The Idaho Republican Party is holding its summer meeting today and tomorrow in Idaho Falls, with GOP presidential hopeful Marco Rubio the keynote speaker tonight. I’ll be posting updates here from Idaho Public TV reporter Melissa Davlin, who, along with producer Seth Ogilvie, is in…
The original desk used by then-Gov. Len B. Jordan has been donated to the state of Idaho and will go on display at the state Department of Education offices, which are located in the Len B. Jordan Building across from the state Capitol. Jordan was…
A day-long STEM Summit is being planned June 10 at Boise State University, hosted by the state Board of Education, to bring together educators, administrators, students, industry leaders, policymakers, and other STEM advocates to focus on how to “expand Idaho’s STEM talent pipeline from education…
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