The first debate of this year's race for Idaho governor featured Democrat A.J. Balukoff and Libertarian John Bujak, the AP reports, but not incumbent GOP Gov. Butch Otter. At the debate sponsored by the Twin Falls Times-News, both Balukoff and Bujak criticized Otter's record on…
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing permanent new rules that would require media organizations to obtain a permit to film and shoot photographs in more than 100 million acres of the nation's wilderness, the AP reports, and the rules also are being applied outside wilderness…
Idaho’s high school graduation rate dropped to its lowest point in a decade in 2012-13, Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News reports, but the drop largely reflects a bookkeeping change. Idaho is now complying with tougher federal reporting requirements for how it calculates dropout rates,…
A comparison of spending on statewide political TV commercials shows Idaho Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff has outspent Gov. Butch Otter, the AP reports today. An analysis released Wednesday by the non-partisan Center for Public Integrity found that Balukoff spent more than $500,000 to air…
A crowd including current and former federal judges, U.S. Marshals, state and federal officials and more is gathering in the Lincoln Auditorium at the Idaho State Capitol for a ceremony celebrating the 225th anniversary of the federal judiciary. The event marks the signing and passage…
U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge will leave active service and take senior status on July 3, 2015, the courts announced today; that means the longtime judge will continue to hear cases, but his position will open and a new district judge will be appointed for…
In their first debate last night in Twin Falls, state school superintendent candidates Jana Jones and Sherri Ybarra took mostly similar positions on issues, but diverged on the 20 recommendations from a state task force for improving schools and clashed on whose background better fits…
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