On tonight’s “Idaho Reports,” I join Jim Weatherby, Kimberlee Kruesi, and co-hosts Aaron Kunz and Melissa Davlin to discuss the events of the fourth week of the legislative session, from the Idaho Education Network to Medicaid expansion to abortion, guns and gambling. The show also…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The legal team that successfully fought to overturn Idaho's ban on gay marriage has filed paperwork seeking an additional $300,000 in court costs. Boise attorney and lead counsel Deborah Ferguson filed the three-page…
The Idaho State Liquor Division is on track for another record year in 2015, the division reported to legislative budget writers Friday, in part because of cross-border buyers from Washington, who now account for a steady 7 percent of the division’s sales. Before Washington voters…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The head of Idaho's House Transportation and Defense Committee says Idahoans will be unable to use their driver's licenses to board commercial flights in 2016 because current state law prohibits complying with federal…
A new sales tax exemption for public road materials would cost the state general fund $15 million to $20 million per year – but Lewiston Tribune reporter Bill Spence reports that the idea is that the money would indirectly go to the Idaho Transportation Department,…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lottery officials are bracing for a $10 million shortfall in ticket sales this year, due to large national and statewide drops in both Powerball and MegaMillions jackpot earnings. State Lottery Director Jeff...
Legislation introduced today would move Idaho’s presidential primary election to March to give the state more early impact in presidential races. But the measure’s estimated cost of $2 million to the state’s taxpayers may doom its chances. “That was the estimate we got from the...
Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, co-chair of the joint legislative interim committee that spent two years studying how the state could take over federal lands, said at a news conference today that lawmakers concluded they don’t want to do that. “We found that pursuing any type...
Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, proposed new legislation this morning designed to limit controversial “instant racing” machines to three locations – Les Bois Park, the Greyhound Park Event Center in Post Falls, and Sandy Downs racetrack near Idaho Falls. His bill would require the slot...
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