If you’ve got ski or snowboard gear to sell or you’re looking to buy, you’re in luck – it’s Ski Swap weekend in Boise. The 65th annual Ski Swap sponsored by the Bogus Basin Ski Education Foundation, formerly the Bogus Basin Ski Racing Alliance, opens…
Idaho requires every bill in the Legislature to have a Statement of Purpose and fiscal note, stating the financial impact of the legislation on the state’s general fund over the coming year. Aside from appropriation bills, for which fiscal notes are developed by legislative budget…
Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television includes co-host Melissa Davlin’s interview with JFAC Co-Chair Maxine Bell, R-Jerome, on state budget and revenue issues; discussion of local election results from around the state and more...
After the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Butch Otter’s attempted veto of the instant racing repeal bill wasn’t valid because it was delivered back to the Senate after the Idaho Constitution’s five-day deadline, lawmakers are debating whether they should change state laws or legislative…
A 12-foot Columbian mammoth tusk has been unearthed in Idaho and scientists say more of the fossil skeleton might still be buried at the site, the AP reports. Researchers say the large herbivore lived 72,000 to 200,000 years ago and was about 16 to 19…
Idaho currently doesn’t have any legal issues with the Corrections Corp. of America, Deputy Attorney General Paul Panther told the Legislative Council today, though the state still has a contract with a CCA-operated private prison in Colorado that’s currently housing 208 Idaho inmates, a contract…
If you’ve been wondering – and I know I have – why white plastic tension rods, like shower curtain bars, have been installed all around the Capitol under protruding items like drinking fountains, we now have the answer: ADA. They’re an interim version of a fix...
Possible legislation is in the works on urban renewal and taxes, the Legislative Council heard today, as it wrapped up reports from legislative interim committees, though the urban renewal panel hasn't agreed yet on its direction...
As the Legislative Council continues to hear reports from interim legislative committees today, it's discussed purchasing law changes and gotten into an intense debate over the fate of the Health Care Task Force, which has been meeting since 1999...
The Legislative Council is hearing reports from the Legislative interim committees today. Among them: BROADBAND ACCESS STUDY COMMITTEE: Staffer Brooke Brourman said the panel has met three times and heard 31 presentations, “and really they were all chock-full of information.” The group’s next meeting on...
The Legislative Council, the joint committee that oversees legislative business when lawmakers aren’t in session, is meeting all day today; it agreed this morning to hold a half-day workshop on “Building Trust Through Civil Discourse” for all members of the Legislature, working with the University...
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