Idaho's unemployment rate in May remained unchanged from the previous month at 3.7 percent. The Idaho Department of Labor says gains in construction, financial activities and other services were offset by weaker-than-expected performance in manufacturing and wholesale trade...
Idaho’s top House and Senate leaders expressed optimism Friday that a new legislative panel can help state lawmakers resolve their differences and find a way to cover the 78,000 Idahoans who fall into a health coverage gap. House Speaker Scott Bedke and Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill named 10 lawmakers to a bipartisan “working group”...
The “Close the Gap Idaho” coalition has issued a statement expressing “optimism” about the legislative working group that was appointed today to study alternatives for the 78,000 Idahoans who fall into a health care coverage gap, based on their income. “We are eager to find…
All eight proposed legislative interim committees were approved today by the Legislative Council, in addition to three “interim working groups” that were set up by House Speaker Scott Bedke and Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill; some of the interim committees are continuing from past years,…
House Minority Leader John Rusche, D-Lewiston, asked why the legislative working group on Idaho’s “gap” population is entitled “Healthcare alternatives for citizens below 100 percent of poverty level.” “Since we don’t have a resolution, what exactly are you expecting for the scope of this?” he…
The Legislative Council, the leadership panel that administers legislative matters outside the legislative session, is meeting today, and high on its agenda is naming the members of the various interim legislative committees and task forces. Initially, they’ve gotten into a lengthy discussion about a proposed...
With the Idaho Democratic Party’s state convention under way in Garden City, here’s a look at a 90-year-old delegate from Bonners Ferry who’s a dedicated Bernie Sanders backer. Faye Morris has long cared about politics, but this is her first time as a convention delegate.…
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