Idaho will receive just over $1.2 million as its share of a multistate, $120 million settlement with General Motors over allegations it concealed ignition safety problems in its vehicles, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced today. “General Motors and other automakers should keep their customers’…
The Lewiston Tribune reports today that a student has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Idaho, charging that the school failed to accommodate and protect her after a sexual assault. According to documents filed in U.S. District Court of Idaho, the victim claims…
Federal officials have announced public meetings in Idaho to amend the 2015 sage grouse conservation plan. The BLM says meetings are set for Nov. 2 in Twin Falls, Nov. 6 in Idaho Falls, and Nov. 7 in Marsing. The Interior Department last week announced plans to amend the 2015 sage grouse plan that has been unpopular with Idaho officials...
Authorities said Wednesday that an Idaho state lawmaker is the subject of a criminal investigation that began two weeks ago. Caldwell police Lt. Joey Hoadley said the investigation involving Republican Rep. Brandon Hixon has been opened, the AP reports, but he declined to share details about the case. No charges have been filed...
While city elections in Boise this fall have drawn a slew of candidates, they're a quieter affair in North Idaho this year, with many cities seeing unopposed races or even seats going without candidates. But Post Falls, which is in the midst of soaring growth, is an exception, with a single city council opening drawing half a dozen candidates...
A bipartisan working group of Idaho lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously rejected a proposal to eliminate all of Idaho’s limits on campaign contributions, and instead endorsed changes in the state’s Sunshine Law to require more frequent and more detailed disclosures,including adding new reporting in local races and requiring information about who...
After much discussion, the Idaho Legislature’s campaign finance and ethics reform work group has agreed by unanimous consent not to change the state’s current campaign contribution limits. “What we’re trying to do here is at least get something passed,” said committee Co-Chair Rep. Fred Wood,...
Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, presented the Idaho Legislature’s campaign finance and ethics reform work group today with a draft bill to require Idaho’s first-ever financial disclosure from elected officials and candidates. “It’s pretty basic, and as you can see from the form it’s pretty simple,…
During the lunch break from today’s Idaho Legislature campaign finance and ethics reform work group, Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney said, “I’m perfectly OK with the contribution limits we have.” He noted that when he reviewed the proposal to remove all limits with the…
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney complimented legislative staffer Kristin Ford for her work to compile the various changes that lawmakers on a legislative work group and his office have suggested. He told the Legislature’s campaign finance and ethics work group this morning that the…
As the Legislature’s campaign finance and ethics work group opens its day-long meeting today, it’s being presented with two alternative drafts for major changes in the state’s campaign finance reporting laws. One removes all limits on campaign contributions in Idaho, while also making other changes...
The latest campaign finance reports in the 1st District congressional race, filed yesterday, show a race that’s shaping up, with an open seat up for grabs in 2018. Former state Sen. Russ Fulcher loaned his campaign $35,000 on Sept. 30, the final day of the...
A former Idaho Fish and Game employee is charging that during the course of her employment she was consistently subject to sexual discrimination, a hostile work environment and retaliation, the Idaho Statesman reports. Danielle Dorsch filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court, saying she was...
Idaho has to be vigilant monitoring the federal government's creation of a new sage grouse conservation plan because of federal employees who worked on the previous plan that's too restrictive, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said Tuesday. "You have to know and you have to realize that there are a lot of prior administration folks still in those bureaus...
Former Idaho state Sen. John Andreason, R-Boise, who also was the longtime director of the Legislative Budget Office, died Monday night, the Idaho Statesman reports; he was 88. Andreason was the legislative budget director from 1971 to 1994, and represented West Boise’s District 15 in...
The city of Idaho Falls is investigating allegations that a city council candidate failed to disclose an in-kind campaign contribution from his father. The Post Register reports Doyle Beck, the father of city council candidate Dan Beck, flew his helicopter with a sign saying "Dan Beck for City Council" onto the field of a high school football...
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's guilty plea to charges of endangering comrades in Afghanistan has set up a dramatic sentencing hearing that could land him in prison for life. Bergdahl, who was captured and held by the Taliban for five years after leaving his remote post in Afghanistan in 2009, pleaded guilty Monday in North Carolina...
This year marks the first in several years music and physical education are at all Bonneville Joint School District 93 elementary schools. The Post Register reports the district cut funding for the two programs at its elementary schools in 2011, when the state was reducing education funding due to the economic downturn. Voters...
Idaho Democratic Party Chairman Bert Marley is speaking out against a move by a new PAC to persuade independents and Democrats in Idaho to register as Republicans so they can vote in the May GOP primary; the new PAC, formed by former state Rep. Kathy…
Bogus Basin, Boise’s non-profit, community-owned ski resort, is planning to hire 500 employees for the upcoming winter season, and has scheduled a job fair this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its Boise office, 2600 N. Bogus Basin Road. “We have a range…
As a “#metoo” social media uprising mobilized thousands of women to say they, too, have been sexually harassed or assaulted, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo today sent out his own message, with the hashtag “#MeTooEndsWithMe.” “For those who have experienced any form of sexual assault or…
Before the LDS Church’s 158th temple is dedicated in Meridian Nov. 19, more than 200,000 people are expected to tour it, from its baptistry fashioned after descriptions of King Solomon’s temple to its cream-colored sealing rooms, where marriages are performed for a kneeling couple dressed in white under a sparkling crystal chandelier...
The Attorney General's Office says a northern Idaho sheriff's office did not violate any laws when it concealed records to unsuccessfully hide an ongoing murder investigation. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports that the Idaho Press Club filed a public corruption complaint with the Attorney General's Office earlier this year after the newspaper...
Idaho Transportation Board officials have approved more than $100 million to expand a major interstate corridor in southwestern Idaho. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports that the board approved the funding during a Thursday meeting. The money will be used to expand the Interstate 84 corridor from Nampa to Caldwell...
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl told a military judge on Monday that he's pleading guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. "I understand that leaving was against the law," Bergdahl said. "At the time, I had no intention of causing search and recovery operations," Bergdahl added, saying that now he does understand...
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