The Senate tax committee has voted 5-4 in favor of HB 463, the governor’s tax-cut bill that earlier passed the House in a party-line vote; the vote sends the bill to the full Senate. Here's how the vote broke down...
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch announced today that he’s been named an official member of the presidential delegation to the Republic of Korea for the closing ceremony of the Olympics in PyeongChang by the Trump Administration. “I know all Idahoans will join me in appreciating what…
The Senate Tax Committee has just begun its hearing on HB 463, the governor’s tax-cut bill, which earlier passed the House on a straight party-line vote. Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, is presenting the bill to the Senate panel. You can listen live here...
Longtime Boise bankruptcy attorney Joseph M. Meier has been appointed as a judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Idaho, to succeed U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jim Pappas, who is completing his 28th year of service. Bankruptcy judges serve 14-year, renewable terms, and…
U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch addressed the Idaho House and Senate today, with both proclaiming that the Trump Administration is being successful in Washington, D.C. in pressing a conservative agenda. “I spent most of the last 10 years fighting against bad ideas that…
The Idaho House today rejected a bid from Rep. Randy Armstrong, R-Inkom, to have the state Endowment Fund Investment Board, which is responsible for investing the state endowment fund, also invest $1 million that a small eastern Idaho city received as a bequest. Armstrong told…
In a first-time pilot project, the Idaho Legislature will take remote testimony on three bills that are up for hearings Monday in the House Education Committee. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. MT; those who’d like to testify must sign up at least 24 hours…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who startled security experts at an international security conference in Munich, Germany over the weekend with threats of a clash of “Biblical proportions” between the United States and North Korea, said today that he meant every word of it – but...
The Idaho House has voted 67-1 in favor of HB 429, legislation from Rep. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise, to make sure rape victims’ own health insurance isn’t charged for the cost of preparing sexual assault evidence kits – something that has been happening under current law....
JFAC set the budget for the Office of the State Board of Education this morning, and when it came to the proposal from Gov. Butch Otter for a $500,000 study of how universities could integrate their back-office systems to achieve savings and efficiency, the joint...
An Idaho Attorney General’s analysis of HB 536, Rep. Judy Boyle’s trespassing bill, finds that it “appears to be overly broad as it proscribes a great amount of lawful conduct and runs afoul of First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment protections.” The analysis, by Deputy Attorney...
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