Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had high praise for the U.S. missile strike against Syria on Thursday night. “I support it,” Risch told Eye on Boise. “This is a pivotal point, really, in our standing in the world.”…
Gov. Butch Otter today signed SB 1141 into law, providing $52 million from the state’s current-year budget for emergency road repairs around the state. The bill includes an emergency clause making it effective as soon as it’s signed into law, so today’s signing means the...
Federal officials say the Boise River that's already past flood stage will be raised again, as flood insurance sales spike in the region. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday announced that the river will go up to 8,500 cubic feet per second...
Backers of a sweeping constitutional amendment on victims rights say they’ll be back next year, after an Idaho House committee rejected the amendment this year following days of emotional hearings. “The impact is so deep on a victim,” Sen. Todd Lakey...