The Idaho Child Fatality Review Team has published its third annual report, this one reviewing child deaths in 2013, and it found five more Idaho children died because their parents’ religious beliefs prevented them from seeking medical treatment. That brings the total over three years...
An interesting tidbit: In Lt. Gov. Brad Little’s filing with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office to form a campaign committee for a run for governor in 2018, he had to name a campaign committee treasurer. His choice? Vicki Risch. She’s the former Idaho first…
An Idaho judge says Blaine County School District must find a way to lower the fee for fulfilling a public records request submitted by a citizen coalition earlier this year. Fifth District Judge Robert J. Elgee ordered the district to recalculate the costs of processing the request by finding the lowest-paid person to do the work...
Federal agencies are seeking public comments and negotiations are gearing up over how much sport, commercial and tribal fishing should be allowed in the Columbia River and its tributaries, the AP reports, as part of a long-term agreement to start in 2018. The current agreement,…
With a legislative interim committee set to gather this summer to examine solutions for Idaho’s health insurance coverage gap – in which 78,000 mostly working Idahoans make too little to qualify for subsidized coverage through the state insurance exchange, but too much to qualify for...
Idaho, which not long ago ranked first in the nation for the percentage of its workers earning minimum wage or less, ranked 9th in 2015, the same ranking it held in 2014. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 15,000 of Idaho’s 458,000 hourly…
From my Sunday column: Idaho's sales tax ranks low, at 37th-highest in the nation, according to a new ranking from the Tax Foundation. A push to ban sales of illegal aerial fireworks - now allowed if the purchaser promises to use them out-of-state - is gaining support. And Lt. Gov. Brad Little's gubernatorial run draws ag support...
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