It took a while for the final list to be posted, but there are now a full half-dozen candidates running for the Idaho Supreme Court seat that will open next year when Chief Justice Jim Jones retires. The final addition to the list: Idaho Court…
As today’s 5 p.m. deadline approaches to file to run in May for the Idaho Legislature, congressional and U.S. Senate seats, local offices and judicial positions, the race to succeed retiring Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Jones has ballooned into a five-way contested race....
Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” looks at the ninth week of this year’s legislative session, including an overview of the week’s developments; the Senate’s debate about a constitutional convention; co-host Melissa Davlin and Aaron Kunz interviewing Idaho National Laboratory Director Mark Peters; and a report on presidential…
A Muslim civil rights group has sent a letter to House Speaker Scott Bedke urging him to block a bill that would ban foreign law in Idaho, writes Twin Falls Times-News reporter Nathan Brown. The bill, introduced by Rep. Eric Redman, would forbid the consideration...
Two bills aimed at implementing a long-sought statewide suicide prevention plan in Idaho passed the House today, the first on a unanimous, 64-0 vote, and the second on a 52-15 vote. The first bill, SB 1326, formally grants authority to the Department of Health &…
More than two dozen firefighters filled the House gallery today as the House debated HB 554, Rep. Luke Malek’s bill to change Idaho’s worker’s compensation law to presume that certain cancers, within certain time periods, are job-related for firefighters. “This bill is a result of…
The Senate State Affairs Committee voted along party lines this morning to pass HB 516, legislation pushed by Rep. Ron Nate, R-Rexburg, to require women seeking abortions to be provided with a state-compiled list of providers who will give them free ultrasounds, and told they…
The House Revenue & Taxation Committee has voted 11-4 in favor of Rep. Mike Moyle’s motion to send HB 581 to the House’s amending order, where any member may offer amendments. The four “no” votes came from Reps. Anderson, Kauffman, Erpelding and Nye.
There are now three motions before the House Rev & Tax Committee on HB 581, the “nexus” bill on online sales taxes. Rep. Stephen Hartgen moved to hold the bill in committee, killing it. Rep. Clark Kauffman moved to send it to the full House…
Comments from the House Revenue & Taxation Committee’s debate on HB 581, the “nexus” bill on sales taxes: Rep. Greg Chaney, R-Caldwell, said he likes the bill, but not unless it’s coupled with a tax cut. “I don’t see it as a tax increase, I…
In testimony so far this morning on HB 581, the “nexus” bill regarding sales taxes: Liz Hatter of the Idaho Chamber Alliance spoke in support of the bill. “This is a fairness issue in the business world,” she said. “It requires all sellers to pay...
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, told Rep. Lance Clow, R-Twin Falls, this morning, “I understand what you’re trying to accomplish here and I support what you’re trying to accomplish here. … But I also think if we’re going to raise taxes on one side,…
Rep. Lance Clow, R-Twin Falls, is facing pointed questioning from members of the House Revenue & Taxation Committee this morning on HB 581, the bill to expand the definition of which retailers are engaged in doing business in Idaho – and thus must collect and…
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