On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I discuss ADA updates to the state Capitol and upcoming interim committees; co-hosts Melissa Davlin and Aaron Kunz are joined by commentator Jim Weatherby, Dean Ferguson of the Idaho Democratic Party and lobbyist Ken Burgess of Veritas Advisors to discuss the…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has named Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, the new director of the state Department of Insurance, replacing former director Bill Deal, who retired at the end of 2014. Cameron, a 13th-term state senator, co-chairs the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, which writes the...
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today upheld U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill’s earlier decision that Idaho’s “pain-capable abortion” ban was unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the appeals court held that banning abortions from 20 weeks on is “facially unconstitutional...
Jonathan Medema, a deputy Ada County prosecutor who ran unsuccessfully for judge last year, has been appointed a 4th District judge by Gov. Butch Otter; Medema was appointed to the post that opened with the retirement of 4th District Judge Thomas Neville. Medema has been...
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