While Idaho’s two GOP senators were excited to get Idaho U.S. district judge nominee David Nye approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, that Thursday committee vote came at a time when there was virtually no chance of a full Senate vote before September, at the earliest. The reason? The Senate went on a summer recess Friday, their...
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced a settlement with former Boise boat builder Christopher Bohnenkamp, owner of the now-defunct Bohnenkamp’s Whitewater Customs, Inc., and Treasure Valley Marine, Inc., who was accused of bilking Idaho customers to whom he falsely promised to deliver custom-built jet…
Leaders with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe say they no longer want Idaho to extend its legal reach onto their reservation. Nearly a half-century ago, Congress passed "Public Law 280," which gave Idaho jurisdiction over the Shoshone-Bannocks in seven areas previously held by the federal government. They included road management, juvenile justice...
The Legislature’s interim working group on Idaho’s health coverage gap has set its first meeting for this Wednesday at 9 a.m.; you can see the full agenda here. It calls for review of legislation that was proposed this year regarding health coverage for the 78,000…
A little-noticed bill that passed the Legislature this year and took effect July 1 is giving the governor more control over the myriad boards that regulate various occupations in Idaho, in response to a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court case, reports Idaho Falls attorney Steve Taggart....
The Idaho Press-Tribune in Nampa announced over the weekend that it will replace its traditional print newspaper on Mondays with an all-digital version. “Let me be crystal clear. This move is absolutely not a precursor of our demise,” said Matt Davison, Press-Tribune publisher. “The Idaho…
BSU Prof. Corey Cook, who’s at the GOP national convention in Cleveland, reports, “From what I've gathered so far, the Idaho delegation is uniquely congenial between the Cruz and Trump delegates.” Idaho has 32 delegates, 20 of them for Ted Cruz, and 12 of them...
Idaho Rep. Raúl Labrador posted this statement on Facebook over the weekend, reacting to Donald Trump’s decision to name Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who also served in the U.S. House for more than a decade, as his vice presidential running mate: "Mike Pence is a...
Boise State University political science Professor Corey Cook, dean of BSU’s School of Public Service, is at the GOP national convention in Cleveland today, the sixth national convention of either party he’s attended as part of his studies and observations of American politics. In an...
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