After a long, packed hearing, the House Environment Committee voted overwhelmingly to approve Rep. Eric Anderson's quagga mussel bill, which requires every boat owner in the state - motorized or not - to purchase a sticker to help fund boat-washing efforts to keep the invasive…
The Senate Transportation Committee has voted unanimously in favor of SB 1089, to eliminate Idaho's current exemption from child car-seat requirements when a parent decides to take the baby out for feeding or to change a diaper while on the road. That exception - which…
There was no debate and it was by a unanimous vote that the Idaho Senate this morning adopted HJM 1, a non-binding memorial to the president and Congress urging the de-listing of the wolf in Idaho. Sen. Monty Pearce, R-New Plymouth, acknowledged that some might…
After applauding a group of young Irish dancers and declaring "Irish-American Heritage Month in Idaho" this morning, Gov. Butch Otter reflected a bit on his first meeting yesterday with his executive stimulus committee, which includes three former governors and five former state budget directors. "I'm…
What a prospect! Lawmakers, staffers, lobbyists, reporters, citizens, state workers and more who’ve tried crowding into the cramped, stuffy, hot hearing rooms of the Capitol Annex for hearings, who’ve jostled in its hallways, who’ve peered around its oddly placed posts to see who’s speaking –…
News, happenings and more from the Idaho Legislature and the state capital.
