Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, the newly appointed co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee said Monday, “It’s a wonderful appointment – I’m very honored.” Keough, who long served as vice-chair to then-Senate Finance Chair Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, said, “I feel like I have some pretty...
Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, who joined in the unanimous vote of the Constitutional Defense Council this morning to pay nearly $1 million for plaintiffs’ legal fees in three major lawsuits the state lost, said, “There are very few things in state government that are…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s office recovered more than $24 million from consumer-related enforcement actions during the just-concluded fiscal year, he announced today; his office’s Consumer Protection Division also recovered more than $1 million in restitution for consumers, an amount that, for the 23rd straight…
Idaho Statesman Publisher Mike Jung is leaving to become president and publisher of The News-Press in Fort Myers, Fla. The Idaho Statesman reports in a story on Monday that Jung's last day is Aug. 21. Jung started working for McClatchy Co. and the Idaho Statesman in 2011. Jung previously worked for 10 years in advertising at Florida...
Keough Idaho Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, said he’s heard only positive reactions from his Senate GOP caucus about his appointment of Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, to chair the Senate Finance Committee, which makes her the co-chair of the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, which…
Republican state Sen. Shawn Keough of Sandpoint has been appointed to co-chair Idaho's powerful budget-setting committee. President Pro Tem Brent Hill of Rexburg on Monday announced that Keough will replace former Sen. Dean...
Idaho’s top elected officials agreed today to pay out nearly $900,000 from the state’s Constitutional Defense Fund, plus interest, to the winning parties in three lawsuits for their attorney’s fees and costs – the same-sex marriage case, the case that overturned an unconstitutional anti-abortion law,...
A legislative interim committee on urban renewal has kicked off an all-day meeting today, with Sen. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, the co-chair, saying it will look at past changes to Idaho’s urban renewal laws, other possible changes, or perhaps no changes. The panel’s other co-chair, Rep.…
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