With a deadline looming for introduction of bills in most House and Senate committees, numerous new bills are being brought forward, including a slew on Monday’s committee agendas in both houses. Among those introduced Friday: The latest proposal to go after sales taxes on online…
Here’s a link to my full Sunday column, which focuses on Rep. Lance Clow’s bill to let Idaho motorists go 15 mph above the speed limit while passing on a two-lane highway; Rep. Robert Anderst’s measure to define and ban “motorcycle profiling” in Idaho –…
Four senators who were part of a working group studying child deaths and Idaho’s faith healing exemptions sent a letter to Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill on Friday outlining five possibilities for the future of the state’s controversial law, the Twin Falls Times-News reports. Reporter…
An Idaho Senate panel has introduced legislation that would allow two options for driver's licenses — one that complies with federal identification requirements and one that doesn't. The Lewiston Tribune reports that Republican Sen. Steve Vick, of Dalton Gardens...
Freshman Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Moscow, says he believes climate change is a liberal “scam” and “ridiculous nonsense.” The Lewiston Tribune reports that Foreman, who sent an email late last week forcefully stating his views on the topic in response to an email from an Idaho…
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