The joint hearing of the House and Senate Judiciary committees is getting under way in the Lincoln Auditorium, where more than 30 people have signed up to testify. Senate Judiciary Chair Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, who is presiding, said this piece of legislation – HB…
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle said his main objection to the amended child support bill is changes sought by Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, but declined to say which ones, referring questions to Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise. Luker said he’s on board with…
The House Ways & Means Committee has voted 6-1 to introduce the new child support enforcement bill, with just House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, objecting. Moyle spoke out angrily, saying he thought the Department of Health & Welfare had misled lawmakers that they couldn’t...
Rep. Rich Wills, R-Glenns Ferry, is now presenting the child support enforcement bill to the House Ways & Means Committee. “We only have one item on our agenda this morning,” said committee Chair Christy Perry, R-Nampa, who said Wills will have an easy time presenting…
The Senate has now gone at ease, with Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, advising senators to stick around for further instructions around 11 a.m. In the House, Speaker Scott Bedke advised the House of the schedule for the day, including the House Ways…
Both the House and Senate have now convened for their special legislative session today. Though the House Ways & Means Committee isn’t scheduled to meet to consider introducing the new version of the child-support bill until 9 a.m., it may start earlier than that, as...
Today’s special session of the Idaho Legislature begins at 8 a.m. Boise time, and it’ll all be streamed live online, thanks to Idaho Public TV. At this webpage here, Idaho PTV has assembled links to all of today’s proceedings: The House and Senate, which convene...
In special session we meet In the state government’s seat As kids’ needs now clash With conspiracy’s lash We’ll hope there will be no repeat.
Perhaps the most puzzling part of last week’s AP report that showed two North Idaho lawmakers were the biggest spenders on travel during the most recent legislative session was the big disparity between what various North Idaho lawmakers charged the state for their airfare – when...
On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I join Rocky Barker of the Idaho Statesman, House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, and co-hosts Aaron Kunz and Melissa Davlin to discuss the Idaho political developments of the week, from the agreement that’s resolved a significant water call to the upcoming…
Who knew what, when, on the child support enforcement issue that’s prompted a special session of Idaho’s Legislature on Monday? Idaho Public TV reporter Melissa Davlin, after reviewing hundreds of emails sent to and from lawmakers, and interviewing key players, has a rundown here, at…
Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, will miss Monday’s special session of the Idaho Legislature, so he’s appointed Brent Regan as his substitute. Regan is a former Coeur d’Alene School Board member and the current vice-chairman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation board. In 2013, Regan apologized…
A third House member, Rep. John McCrostie, D-Boise, has announced he’ll forego expense reimbursement for Monday’s special legislative session. McCrostie said on Twitter, “Count me in as #3 to forego any reimbursement, though it is obviously easier to do for a Boise legislator.” I’ve also…
A second state representative has decided to forego expense reimbursement for Monday’s special session of the Legislature, following a call from Rep. Mark Nye, D-Pocatello, saying he’ll do so and urging other lawmakers to as well. “I will, I’m going to follow suit,” said Rep.…
Of course we need the rain, so it’s good. But it seems so odd to look out at Boise and see green, damp and foggy. The National Weather Service forecasts a 90 percent chance of precipitation in Boise today. It’s almost like, well, Oregon…
One Idaho House member says he won’t accept any expense reimbursements for Monday’s special legislative session, and he’s urging others to follow his example. “I plan to waive any reimbursement for the cost of the special session and urge others to do so as well,”…
The agenda has been posted for Monday’s joint House Senate judiciary committees hearing on the child support enforcement bill, which for Monday’s special session of the Idaho Legislature, will be designated HB 1. You can see the agenda and draft bill here; state Health &…
Days before a special legislative session to address Idaho’s child support enforcement laws, Idaho Freedom Foundation policy analyst Parrish Miller posted a link on his personal Twitter account saying the law shouldn’t force parents to keep their children alive, reports Melissa Davlin of Idaho Public...
All four eggs in the downtown Boise Peregrine falcon nest have hatched, and the fuzzy chicks can be seen on the Falconcam, huddling together for warmth or moving around; periodically, viewers have spotted the adults feeding the chicks. The first of the four eggs hatched...
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho sheriff has been convicted of three felony counts of misuse of public funds. The Post Register reports (http://bit.ly/1bRZlKw) that a Twin Falls County jury found Jefferson County Sheriff Blair…
Two weeks ago, retired Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Mike Kralicek lost his best friend, killed in the line of duty while serving in Oregon. “Then we got the call in the morning, when Greg was shot,” he said – Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore,…
Idaho’s annual peace officers memorial ceremony will be especially solemn today, after the death last week of Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at the Idaho State Police headquarters in Meridian, 700 S. Stratford Drive. Officers from law enforcement...
The U.S. House has passed HR 2048, the USA Freedom Act, on a 338-88 vote, with Idaho’s members splitting – 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson voted with the majority in favor, and 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador voted in the minority against the bill. The…
The Idaho Republican Party doesn’t have a statement about the upcoming special session; party executive director David Johnston said the party has no comment. But they do have other news: Marco Rubio will be the keynote speaker at the party’s summer central committee meeting in…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch has introduced a bill that would allow public utilities like Idaho Power to deny contracts to independent power producers if they can show they don’t need the electricity, Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker reports today, making a big modification to the…
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