The Idaho Senate Judiciary Committee agreed today to introduce legislation to amend the Idaho Constitution to allow defendants accused of “dangerous crimes” to be held without bail before they go to trial, but senators on the committee had lots of questions about the proposal, which...
On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, host Melissa Davlin interviews House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star; producer Seth Ogilvie talks with Idaho Water Users Association head Paul Arrington about the Columbia River Treaty; Davlin reports on overcrowding and outdated facilities at county jails…
Gubernatorial candidate and state Rep. Paulette Jordan will appoint a long-term substitute to fill her seat for the rest of the legislative session, instead of resigning as she announced earlier this week. Jordan, D-Plummer, is tapping St. Maries City Councilwoman Margie Gannon...
An eastern Idaho lawmaker is backing legislation that would allow all adults over the age of 21 to carry concealed weapons without a permit. Currently, state law says only Idaho residents may carry concealed weapons in most places without a county-issued permit...
A dozen GOP lawmakers who’ve dubbed themselves “liberty legislators” gathered in the Capitol rotunda today for a press conference to announce they’re pushing forward with their own versions of three GOP-backed bills already moving through the Legislature: The governor’s income tax-cut bill; the “Marsy’s Law”…
Gov. Butch Otter has announced the appointment of Moscow attorney Tom Whitney to the 3rd District judgeship left vacant by the recent retirement of Judge Thomas Ryan; the judgeship is based in Caldwell. Whitney taught math at Bonners Ferry High School before attending law school…
After much debate, a divided House State Affairs Committee has voted to introduce “Marsy’s Law for Idaho,” the latest version of a measure calling to amend the Idaho Constitution to add additional rights for crime victims, while making a change in the measure proposed by…
The House State Affairs Committee, on a 5-10 vote, has killed a proposal to have Idaho call for a constitution of the states to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The motion from Rep. James Holtzclaw, R-Meridian, was to send HCR 32 to the full House...
Up to 250 Idaho prison inmates are being sent to a private prison in Texas as Idaho’s prisons fill to overflowing, state Corrections Director Henry Atencio announced Thursday. “We wish we didn’t have to send inmates out of state; we know it creates challenges for…
Fines for trespassing on private property in Idaho could get stiffer, and habitual offenders could find themselves charged with a felony under a bill introduced on Thursday, the Idaho Statesman reports. “We need to change how we deal with trespass on private property,” House Agricultural Affairs Chairwoman Judy Boyle, R-Midvale...
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