On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I join Jim Weatherby, Clark Corbin, and co-hosts Aaron Kunz and Melissa Davlin to discuss the education developments of the 12th week of the legislative session; and in a second panel, Kimberlee Kruesi joins Weatherby, Kunz, Davlin and myself to talk...
The Coalition of Idaho Charter School Families, a school-choice group, has announced it’s pushing for an override of Gov. Butch Otter’s veto of HB 126, which would have changed the state school funding formula to benefit schools that see enrollment increases during the academic year.…
Gov. Butch Otter signed 37 bills into law today, including 14 House bills and 23 Senate bills. Among them: HB 112, Rep. Greg Chaney’s bill requiring PACs to file 48-hour notices of contributions of $1,000 or more shortly before the election just as political committees…
Gov. Butch Otter won't announce what action he's taking on SB 1011, the bill to repeal instant racing, until Monday, his press secretary, Jon Hanian, just announced. Otter must take action on the bill - either veto it, sign it into law, or allow it…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Fish and Game Department says the number of wolves in the state has reached its highest level since 2010, following a corresponding decline in wolves killed by hunters and trappers. The…
They’ll try a long weekend away In hopes of a happier day Then when they’re back Perhaps they’ll be on track For their sine die judgment day.
In the past two days, Gov. Butch Otter has signed 27 bills into law, 14 of those, all House bills, on April Fools Day. Otter said yesterday that at one of those April 1 bill signings, he pulled out his “VETO” stamp, to the dismay...
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