The House Judiciary Committee has voted 6-5 to kill a measure from its chairman, Rep. Jim Clark, to ban repeat drunken drivers from buying, possessing or consuming alcohol. You can read my full story here at spokesman.com. "I like this bill, and I like the…
Sen. Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, proudly informed the Senate today that Lewiston has won the state boys' basketball tournament for the first time since 1948. Lt. Gov. Brad Little responded, "Next thing, you'll be wanting the capital back," to which Sen. Gary Schroeder, R-Moscow, said he…
The Senate has voted 31-2 in favor of SB 1123, legislation that allows utilities to seek binding advance rate-making decisions from the PUC to cover costs of new power generation or transmission facilities. "This provides a little bit of certainty in this marketplace which is…
SB 1128, the bill to place new requirements on the state Tax Commission when it settles large tax cases in secret deals, has passed the Senate on a unanimous, 33-0 vote. The bill, which requires an additional review before such settlements can be approved for…
Idaho's Health & Welfare Department was planning to cut $2.7 million from its immunization program for low-income children in fiscal year 2010, Health & Welfare Director Dick Armstrong told legislative budget writers this morning, but the federal stimulus will send Idaho $2.9 million for that…
The University of Idaho is losing one of its top researchers, a veterinary science professor who helped bring renown to the state by being part of a team that gave the world its first equine clone. S-R higher ed reporter Kevin Graman reports that some…
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