An Idaho House panel has introduced legislation on new video retention requirements for police body cameras. In Idaho, individual police departments decide whether or not they want to implement body-worn cameras because there is no statewide policy on the practice. This has sparked debate...
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on the introduction of legislation today to launch a new state Health Care Assistance Program, which would tap the state’s Millennium Fund for $10 million next year to provide primary care and limited prescription coverage to…
The House State Affairs Committee voted down legislation this morning to ban the sale of aerial fireworks in Idaho. Shooting off aerial fireworks already is illegal in Idaho, but under a loophole in the law, they are sold legally at two busy locations in southwestern Idaho. Those businesses require purchasers to sign an affidavit saying they...
A rare historical artifact from the time of explorers Lewis and Clark was on display in the chamber of Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee today at the close of the budget hearing on the Idaho State Historical Society, and also is paying a visit to the House...
The Idaho House has voted 61-8 in favor of HB 97, the legislation to keep Idaho’s current rule for when attorney fees should be awarded to the prevailing party in a civil case – rather moving to a new “loser-pay” system on March 1. The…
Today is the day that both the House and Senate hold “Lincoln Day” programs, an annual event commemorating President Abraham Lincoln. In the House this morning, members staged a re-enactment of the debate and passage of the Morrill Act, the Land-Grant College Act of 1862,…
The House Health & Welfare Committee voted unanimously this morning to introduce legislation from its chairman, Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, to launch a new state Health Care Assistance Program, which would tap the state’s Millennium Fund for $10 million next year to provide primary care...
It’s been a year of records at the Idaho Department of Fish & Game, Director Virgil Moore told legislative budget writers this morning, “some good and some challenging.” Last fall, he said, Idaho hunters enjoyed an excellent hunting season, making the last two seasons the…
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