The J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation has offered to help fund an Idaho legislative committee’s efforts to update the state’s school funding formula, the AP reports; no amount has been disclosed. "We're still trying to figure out what we want to do," said Sen. Chuck…
Home prices in Ada County hit a record high in June, with the median sales price for new and existing homes hitting $253,000, beating the previous record that was set in July of 2006. Median prices have jumped 10 percent from last year at this…
Idaho’s gas prices are the eighth-highest in the nation, 24 cents over the national average, reports AAA of Idaho. But they’re also running 59 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, are at the lowest level for July since 2005, and have been stable…
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service didn't properly consider how exploratory drilling for a potential open-pit molybdenum mine could harm a rare plant found in central Idaho mountains. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge in his ruling Monday halting the drilling directed the federal agency to re-evaluate...
An interim legislative committee charged with updating the complex formula through which Idaho divvies up its state funding to schools and school districts across the state is meeting today. This morning was spent on recaps and reports on efforts thus far and the committee’s charge,...
Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador’s Democratic challenger, James Piotrowski, issued a statement today highly critical of Labrador’s “First Amendment Defense Act,” saying the measure would “open the door to unprecedented discrimination against Idahoans and millions of other Americans.” The bill is designed to protect against any…
A House committee is holding a hearing today on Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador’s “First Amendment Defense Act,” which seeks to protect people who act because of their religious views about same-sex marriage or extra-marital relations from any federal penalties, including loss of federal grants, contracts,...
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