The Idaho Association of Counties, made up of elected county officials from throughout the state, voted overwhelmingly today to back the “Healthy Idaho” plan proposed by Gov. Butch Otter’s task force, which calls for addressing the health insurance coverage gap by accepting Medicaid expansion funds,…
Last night’s West Ada school board meeting apparently was quite the barn-burner, with an upset crowd of 100 in attendance, multiple executive sessions and much discord, and a 4-1 vote to void a contract extension for Superintendent Linda Clark. Idaho Education News reporter Clark Corbin…
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday selected Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf to serve as state chairman for his campaign. Last week, Ohio Gov. John Kasich named Idaho Sen. Marv Hagedorn as his Idaho co-chair.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Ron Bush will become the chief magistrate judge for the District of Idaho on Oct. 1, the courts announced today, taking over from current Chief Magistrate Judge Candy Dale, who has served as chief since 2008. The chief position is a seven-year,…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Attorney General's office says the Coeur d'Alene Tribe missed its deadline to collect attorney fees in their legal fight over instant horse racing terminals. Earlier this month, the Idaho Supreme Court...
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