The successful launch of Idaho’s new health insurance exchange website is part of a big success story for a Silicon Valley tech firm that's providing the software through a $37 million contract, and also working with exchanges in California, New Mexico and Mississippi. GetInsured, headed…
Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports writes on her blog here that there’s at least one contested leadership race shaping up in the Idaho House: Rep. Rick Youngblood, R-Nampa, is running for House Assistant Majority Leader, as is the current holder of that post, Rep. Brent…
The Idaho chapter of the Sierra Club is opening a free electric vehicle charging station in downtown Boise, and encouraging other businesses and government offices downtown to do the same. “For a business, it’s a fairly simple and inexpensive perk that they could give for…
Idaho’s state health insurance exchange – unlike Washington’s – reported a flawless launch over the weekend to its second open enrollment period, as the state shifted from relying on a federal technology platform to its own home-built one. “It’s 360 degrees different,” said Pat Kelly,…
When the Idaho Legislature convenes it organizational session on Dec. 4, six committee chairmanships and two leadership posts will be up for grabs, due to election outcomes, retirements and other moves. The chairmanships: Senate Education, Senate Resources, House Business, House Local Government, House Resources, and…
Americans are using less water, though people in the Northwest individually use more than the national average and Idahoans use more than people in any other state, the AP reports; Idaho long has ranked high in per-capita water use due to its low population and…
Pocatello city officials say Idaho State University security officer have been overstepping their authority, even cleaning up the scene before calling police after an accidental shooting in a classroom, the Idaho State Journal reports. In the September incident, a chemistry professor shot himself in the…
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