Here are links to my full stories at spokesman.com today on Rep. Heather Scott getting her committee assignments back; Rep. Eric Redman re-introducing his anti-Sharia law bill; and Rep. Lynn Luker introducing legislation to retain Idaho’s current rule for awarding attorney fees in civil cases,…
Gov. Butch Otter has announced the members of his new 36-member task force on higher education, and his 17-member Workforce Development Task Force. Both will hold organizational meetings on Feb. 10, Otter said. The panels are patterned after Otter’s Task Force for Improving Education, which…
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, has released a statement on the reinstatement of her committee assignments today, saying, “This decision has been a long time coming and is good news for my district and the people throughout Idaho who believe in a republic form of government,”...
Idaho is spending about $650,000 this winter to feed elk, deer and antelope at 110 sites around the southern half of the state. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game on Wednesday said the severe winter prompted officials to declare four feeding emergencies...
The House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously today to introduce legislation proposed by its chairman, Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, in response to a ruling from the Idaho Supreme Court this fall imposing a new “loser pays” rule for attorney fees in civil cases – if lawmakers...
Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, today introduced a new version of his bill to make the names of all winners of the Idaho Lottery who win $600 or more secret. The new version, introduced by the House State Affairs Committee this morning, still would keep the…
In a discussion with reporters today, House Assistant Majority Leader Brent Crane, R-Nampa, said the House GOP leadership wanted Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, to meet with a half-dozen female representatives who had specific concerns, before restoring her committee assignments. That meeting, facilitated by Caucus Chairman...
It’s “Pie Day” in the Capitol today, when the Idaho Coalition of Home Educators hands out homemade pie to lawmakers and others “serving in the Capitol.” The group also has an array of student projects on display in the 4th floor rotunda; the event is...
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, after having her committee assignments restored during today’s House session, said, “I’m just glad that citizens of North Idaho will now have a louder voice.” She said she’ll have a statement later today. House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, released this statement:…
The Senate has voted unanimously to confirm Gov. Butch Otter’s two nominees to the Idaho Fish & Game Commission, Greg Cameron and Jerry Meyers, but not without a long and pointed soliloquy from Sen. Jeff Siddoway, R-Terreton. After the unanimous approval of Cameron’s nomination without…
House Speaker Scott Bedke has restored Rep. Heather Scott’s three committee assignments; the assignments were just formally read, without comment, on the House floor.
Rep. Eric Redman, R-Athol, re-introduced his anti-Sharia law bill this morning in the House State Affairs Committee, which agreed on a party-line vote to introduce the measure. “State legislators have a role to play in protecting constitutional rights and American values of liberty and freedom,”...
Roger Christensen, chairman of the Catastrophic Health Care Fund board and a Bonneville County commissioner, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning that the fund is requesting the same budget for next year as it had this year: $18 million. “As you know, the current…
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