A unanimous Idaho Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from three siblings who charged that their brother exerted “undue influence” over their parents to leave him their full shares in the family’s $15 million property on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. In an opinion...
North Idaho College President Richard MacLennan made his first budget pitch to state lawmakers on Monday, telling them NIC “stands proudly as the oldest community college in Idaho” and touting its new career-technical education center in Rathdrum. “This $20 million project was funded entirely by…
A southwestern Idaho man has been charged with a federal hate crime after prosecutors said he lured a gay man to a remote location and then badly beat him, causing the man's death. Twenty-three-year-old Kelly Schneider of Nampa was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month, but the case was kept under seal until he was taken into federal...
When Idaho banned dog racing in 1996 amid concerns over reported abuse of greyhounds raced at a North Idaho dog track, the law was firm and far-reaching: It made dog racing a felony. But now, various other types of non-gambling dog racing events, from a...
Women will no longer be banned from receiving abortion-inducing medication through telemedicine in Idaho, under a new legal settlement. Planned Parenthood announced Monday that the lawsuit settlement lifts unnecessary burdens on women seeking safe abortions. "Women in Idaho deserve the right to have access to the safest, highest quality health...
Speaking to a crowd of hundreds of business leaders Monday morning, Gov. Butch Otter repeated his call to make education the state’s top priority, Idaho EdNews reports. Otter delivered his remarks during the Idaho Chamber Alliance’s annual legislative meeting in Boise. His 38-minute speech struck…
Gov. Butch Otter today declared a state of emergency in Washington County due to massive snowfall, which has caved in roughly 100 buildings in the county, including Weiser’s only grocery store. “There is risk to life, property and public infrastructure as a result of extraordinary...
Idaho’s state Department of Health & Welfare currently, under its licensing rules, can’t have a secure area in either of its treatment facilities for people with developmental disabilities. “We are unable to lock doors,” Cameron Gilliland, deputy administrator of the Division of Family and Community…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho lawmaker is once again backing legislation requiring sign language interpreters to get a professional license from a state board. Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter vetoed a similar proposal in 2014, arguing…
Gov. Butch Otter is taking a second run at an “adult completer” scholarship, reports Idaho EdNews; the governor’s bill, which last year died in the Senate on a narrow 16-17 vote, was introduced on a unanimous vote in the House Education Committee this morning. The…
The College of Western Idaho’s student growth has far outstripped the growth in its state funding, CWI President Bert Glandon told JFAC this morning. “We are, I would say, at the point of desperate for balanced funding to help us move into a parallel basis…
The Senate State Affairs Committee voted unanimously this morning to award $18,060 in attorney fees and $1,711.84 in costs to Sen. Mark Nye, D-Pocatello, at the expense of his unsuccessful GOP challenger, Tom Katsilometes, who filed a formal contest of the election results that the…
This week is “Education Week” at the Capitol, with budget hearings scheduled this week on K-12 schools, higher education and related programs. Starting things off this morning, state Board of Education President Emma Atchley told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, “You will see how together we…
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