A nonprofit that advocates for Idaho Hispanics has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the state and all of Idaho’s public charter schools, charging that the state’s charter school system has evolved into “a separate but unequal public school system that discriminates against students…
Idaho is the 49th state to establish a diaper bank, the Idaho Diaper Bank reports; the nonprofit is holding an open house at its warehouse in Meridian today and inviting donations to help fill the warehouse. The group reports that one in every three Idaho…
Longtime Idaho political observer Jim Weatherby had this reaction to today’s announcement by federal prosecutors that they won’t file criminal charges in the CCA contract scandal: “If not criminal negligence, then at least gross mismanagement was on display in the CCA case. This will be…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Former Idaho first lady Lola Evans died Tuesday in her Boise home. She was married to former Democratic Gov. John Evans for nearly 70 years. The 88-year-old Evans died of natural causes. Her…
Here’s a bit of news that I didn’t post at the time because it came out during the special session of the Legislature on Monday: Mike Rush, executive director of the state Board of Education, has accepted a new position with the South Dakota Board…
After an extensive, 15-month investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice, federal prosecutors today declined to file any federal criminal charges of fraud or public corruption in connection with Idaho’s canceled private prison contract with Corrections Corporation of America. The main reason:...
Former Idaho Senate President Pro-Tem Bob Geddes, a geologist who also is a former Idaho state tax commissioner, was named the new director of the state Department of Administration today by Gov. Butch Otter. Geddes replaces interim director Keith Reynolds, the department’s chief financial officer,...
Oberto Brands in Seattle, manufacturer of beef jerky, is planning to send Idaho Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, a case of beef jerky, after seeing the post on Eye on Boise about how Scott said, during a lengthy hearing that was part of a special session…
The key staffer to state schools Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra who oversaw the successful and quick transition of Idaho schools from the defunct Idaho Education Network to individually negotiated district broadband contracts is resigning June 30. Will Goodman, chief technology officer for the…
Gov. Butch Otter announced this afternoon that he has now signed HB 1, the child support enforcement bill that passed in yesterday's special legislative session, into law. On Twitter, Otter reported, "Today at 3:24 pm I signed HB 1 into law, maintaining Idaho's child support...
U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell is making her fifth trip to Idaho today, where her visit included joining Gov. Butch Otter, BLM and Forest Service officials to sign a new firefighting strategy for the Great Basin region, including Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon and California,…
Teresa Luna, former director of the state Department of Administration, has been hired as the new emergency planner for the state Bureau of Homeland Security, a position that BHS officials said matches the skills she brings from the Admin Department. “Ours is a very specialized...
House Speaker Scott Bedke said, “We did leave some unfinished business at the end of the regular session; we were able to finish that yesterday. … To the members of the House, there was obviously a difference of opinion on the issue, but it was,...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, reacting this morning to yesterday’s special session of the Legislature, praised lawmakers for preserving the state’s child support enforcement system, which he noted serves one in four Idaho kids. “It’s fine to speculate and important to question issues surrounding the relationship…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced a multi-state settlement stopping two phony cancer charities, the Children’s Cancer Fund of America, Inc. and The Breast Cancer Society of America from soliciting donations in Idaho. Wasden jointly filed a federal lawsuit against four supposed cancer charities…
After listening to Shahram Hadian speak for over an hour about Islam as a rising menace in America, Alton Howell stepped outside the log-built community hall in Sandpoint and quickly called a colleague, writes S-R reporter Scott Maben. “It scared the living daylights out of…
Minority Democrats in the Idaho Legislature have issued a statement on yesterday’s special session, saying they voted to protect Idaho children and families by supporting HB 1, the child support enforcement bill, on which Democratic legislators all voted yes. "Despite the vote that preserves Idaho’s…
The Legislative Council is meeting today, the joint panel that oversees legislative matters between sessions; naming of members to interim committees for this year tops their agenda. The new panels will study broadband access, state purchasing laws and urban renewal issues. Continued committees from the…
The Senate has voted 33-2 in favor of HB 1, the revised child support enforcement bill, sending the measure to the governor’s desk and wrapping up the business of today’s special session of the Idaho Legislature after a bit more than 11 hours, without a...
As the Senate continued debating HB 1, the child support enforcement bill this evening, Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, gave lengthy and heartfelt remarks. He was followed by Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, who praised senators for how they’ve approached the issue,...
Gov. Butch Otter has delayed the press conference he’d planned for 30 minutes after today’s special session to tomorrow at 11:30, due to the session’s length. Meanwhile, the Senate is debating the bill, HB 1, on child support enforcement. From the debate: Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll,...
“There’s a long version to this and a short version, and today’s proceedings have worn me out, and I’m only capable of doing the short version,” Sen. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, told the Senate as he presented HB 1, the child support enforcement bill. The bill,...
The Senate has now convened, with just one item on its agenda: HB 1, the House-passed child support enforcement bill.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted unanimously in favor of HB 1, sending it to the full Senate for a vote. Sen. Maryanne Jordan, D-Boise, made the motion, and Sen. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, seconded the motion. Sen. Mary Souza, R-Coeur d’Alene, said, “I have grappled...
The Senate has convened and received HB 1, the child support enforcement bill, from the House, given it its first reading, and sent it straight to the Senate Judiciary Committee. That committee's chair, Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, announced that her committee would meet in...
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