House and Senate GOP leaders and the House and Senate education committee chairmen met with state schools Supt. Tom Luna this afternoon to discuss areas of agreement on Luna’s “iSTARS” teacher performance pay plan. The outcome, according to House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, was…
All future licensed car dealerships in Idaho, new or used, would’ve been required to have a permanent building on a foundation, permanent utilities, an operating restroom and a landline phone, under legislation that came up for a hearing in the Senate Transportation Committee this afternoon.…
Both the House and Senate had ceremonies today honoring Abraham Lincoln on what Skip Critrell, who dressed as Lincoln and delivered his Second Inaugural Address, noted would have been the 16th president’s 199th birthday. Lincoln fans are gearing up for the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth,…
Volunteers from an array of churches and faith-based organizations are at the Capitol Annex today, urging lawmakers to correct what they say is a “crucial flaw” in Idaho’s current grocery tax credit: That poor people are disqualified from receiving it. Anyone who doesn’t make enough…
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