Idaho's welfare agency is investigating allegations that staffers physically and psychologically abused and neglected some residents at a state-run treatment center for people with severe disabilities. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced the investigation Wednesday, saying the allegations appeared to be focused on...
The Legislature’s working group on ethics and campaign finance reform has wrapped up today’s meeting, after more comments from the committee members and a request to Secretary of State Lawerence Denney to bring a list of recommended law changes back for the panel to consider...
Rep. John VanderWoude, R-Nampa, the Idaho House majority caucus chair, told his fellow members of the Legislature’s working group on ethics and campaign finance reform this morning that he had a point he wanted to stress: “I haven’t had a dime given to me that’s…
During this morning’s portion of the Legislature’s working group on ethics and campaign finance reform meeting today, Co-Chair Fred Wood, R-Burley, opened up the floor to public comments, but with no advance notice, few were prepared to speak. The audience, however, was full of lobbyists.…
The U.S. Senate has just voted 100-0 – unanimously – to confirm the nomination of Judge David Nye to be Idaho’s next U.S. District Court judge, bringing to a close a more than two-year stretch in which Idaho was down to just one active federal...
There were several mentions this morning at the Legislature’s campaign finance and ethics working group meeting about the very low grades Idaho earns in national comparisons for its campaign finance and ethics laws – including its D-minus in the Center for Public Integrity’s State Integrity...
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney told lawmakers today that if it were up to him, he’d be fine with no limits on campaign contributions, as long as all are quickly and fully reported. “I’m one of those who, I don’t care what the campaign...
The Legislature’s working group on ethics and campaign finance is holding its first meeting all day today at the Capitol; you can listen live here. As the meeting opened, Co-Chair Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, said he favors more transparency. “If every time anybody spends money…