On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television, BSU professor emeritus Jim Weatherby discusses voter engagement in Idaho with producer Seth Ogilvie; host Melissa Davlin interviews Sen. Abby Lee about foster care in Idaho; Ogilvie interviews Reps. Judy Boyle and Patrick McDonald and Sen. Cherie…
Idaho’s May primary ballot will be a crowded one, with an array of contested races from governor and Congress to North Idaho legislative seats; the filing deadline is just 10 minutes away at this point. Outside the Idaho Secretary of State’s office, former House Minority...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has issued this statement on the Trump Administration’s letter yesterday notifying Idaho that its proposed “state-based” health insurance plans violate federal law and threatening enforcement action: “Contrary to news media interpretations, the letter from CMS Administrator Verma was not a rejection...
Legislative budget writers today, in the final agency budget to be set this year, approved $400,000 in state general funds next year for the Wolf Depredation Control Board to use to contract to have problem wolves exterminated. Gov. Butch Otter had proposed that the funding…
Legislation to beef up Idaho’s laws on violent threats against schools and add possible felony charges has passed the House on a 54-12 vote after much debate. Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, said the bill originated with the state’s office of school safety and security...
A vote is expected next week on a sweeping bill crafted by Sen. Mike Crapo, legislation that would overhaul financial regulations created after the 2008 financial crisis, the Post Register reports. The bill has rare marks of bipartisanship during a period of intense party division in Washington, and it could mean lighter regulatory burdens...
In a series of unanimous votes this morning, legislative budget writers finished budget-setting for the giant state Department of Health & Welfare, setting budgets for the divisions of indirect support services, independent councils, licensing and certification and healthcare policy initiatives. Extensive review by a working...
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee did a re-do on the Idaho Secretary of State’s budget today, and relented on providing $1.2 million in one-time funds next year for an elections system technological upgrade, which Denney said is needed to launch a new statewide, online, searchable campaign…
New legislation to increase the Idaho Child Tax Credit contained in the earlier House- and Senate-passed tax cut bill from $130 per child to $205 per child – at an estimated cost of $25 million a year – was introduced in the House Revenue &…
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