A proposed ballot initiative to legalize “historical horse racing” – slot machine-like betting terminals at which players bet on randomly selected past horse races – has been submitted to the state, but the Idaho Attorney General’s office has issued an opinion that raises serious questions...
Idaho Courts Director Sara Thomas said Tuesday the state has made big gains on improving court access and technology, but Idaho is barely hanging on when it comes to judicial turnover and vacancies. “We are holding on by the skin of our teeth,” Thomas told…
Idaho’s state Land Board today voted to appoint State Forester David Groeschl as acting director of the Idaho Department of Lands, after former Director Tom Schultz left the post to become vice president of government affairs and community outreach for Idaho Forest Group. Groeschl has…
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Tommy Ahlquist issued this statement on today’s House passage of HB 335, the unemployment insurance tax cut: “I commend the House of Representatives for taking leadership and expediting the passage of this bill to provide long overdue tax relief to Idaho small…
The Idaho House has voted unanimously – 69-0 – in favor of HB 335, to cut unemployment insurance taxes for Idaho employers. The move sends the bill to the Senate side. “You saw this bill a couple of times last year,” House Majority Leader Mike...
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, just announced that the House will suspend rules today to take up HB 335, the unemployment insurance tax cut bill, which is on its second-reading calendar; under normal rules, it wouldn’t have come up for a House vote until…
“Nationally, as in Idaho, use of public libraries is growing,” Idaho State Librarian Ann Joslin told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee this morning. “For those who think that public libraries are a relic of the past, a recent Pew Research study found that millennials … stand...
The House Revenue & Taxation Committee and the Senate Local Government & Tax Committee will hold a joint meeting this morning at 8:30 in the Lincoln Auditorium to hear detailed presentations from the state Tax Commission on the impact of conforming with federal tax code…
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