As the Idaho Department of Lands auctioned off 20 state-owned lake cabin sites on Payette Lake today, the auction was marred by a clash between a cabin owner and a competing bidder. “There was a lessee who was upset that someone had bid against him,”…
Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” tackles public defense reform, which lawmakers on a joint interim committee struggled with for hours this week, as they reviewed possible legislation without reaching agreement. The program includes co-host Melissa Davlin’s interview with Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa, co-chair of the panel; and…
Gov. Butch Otter’s office said today that Otter didn’t mean comments he made about sage grouse in a speech earlier this week to be taken seriously, and he is not taking the position that it’d be better for the sage grouse to be listed as…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Only one of Idaho's four Democratic superdelegates has declared support for Hillary Clinton. An Associated Press survey found that the state's remaining three superdelegates are currently uncommitted in their public support. Clinton is…
The Associated Taxpayers of Idaho, a business group that long has held an annual conference in early December each year that’s something of a run-up to the legislative session and draws lots of lawmakers, lobbyists and local government officials, has commissioned a statewide public opinion...
Idaho, along with six other states and the federal government, has reached a settlement to resolve antitrust concerns with a merger between two financial services companies, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced today. As part of the settlement, the two firms, Springleaf Holdings Inc. and OneMain…
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