It’s time for Idaho to end its distinction as one of just two states with no personal financial disclosure requirements at all for its elected officials, a panel of state lawmakers agreed unanimously on Monday; the panel also is backing a slate of increased campaign finance reporting requirements; my full story...
Republican U.S. House candidate Russ Fulcher has won the endorsement of the conservative national group Club for Growth. The endorsement, tweeted by the group Monday, is a boost for Fulcher as he attempts to stand out in crowded field of GOP candidates. The open 1st Congressional District seat has attracted a wide...
Female state legislators are calling for mandatory sexual harassment training inside the Idaho Statehouse. Rep. Caroline Nilsson Troy said Monday the recent wave of sexual harassment allegations surfacing in governments and businesses around the country inspired her to reach out to legislative leaders...
Idaho Department of Commerce Director Megan Ronk is stepping down to take a job with Idaho Power after nearly two years of leading the commerce department. Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter announced Monday that the department's chief operating officer, Bobbi-Jo Meuleman, will take the director's role when Ronk leaves...
After much discussion, lawmakers on the Legislature’s interim working group on campaign finance reform have agreed to explore legislation to ban campaign contributions from lobbyists or PACs during the legislation session – both to incumbent lawmakers and to candidates for the Legislature. The proposal stirred…
The Legislature’s campaign finance reform working group has voted unanimously in favor of legislation proposed by Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, to impose the state’s first-ever personal financial disclosure requirements on all candidates for elective office at the state, legislative, county or city level...
Idaho’s $10 fee to register as a lobbyist came in for scrutiny by lawmakers today, after Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, asked how long it had been since the fee had been raised. “It hasn’t changed since 1974 when it became law,” responded Chief...
As the Legislature’s campaign finance reform working group works its way through a 28-page draft bill this morning, it came to the part about requiring those who conduct independent expenditure campaigns in Idaho in the final 16 days before a primary or general election to…
A bipartisan working group of Idaho lawmakers has convened at the state Capitol this morning to continue working on proposed changes in the state’s Sunshine Law to require more frequent and more detailed campaign finance disclosures, including adding new reporting in local races and requiring…
When Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, who attended a mid-November Republican Attorneys General Association meeting in Florida that included a reception and dinner Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s golf club and retreat, was asked how he liked Mar-a-Lago, Wasden said, “It was gaudy.” Wasden said he and a group of other GOP attorneys general...
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