The Idaho Judicial Council has submitted four nominees to Gov. Butch Otter for the opening on the Idaho Supreme Court created by the retirement of Justice Warren Jones. The four finalists: 7th District Judge Greg Moeller of Rexburg; Boise attorney Christine Salmi; 2nd District Judge…
After much debate – which stretched from the Senate’s morning session into its afternoon session – the Idaho Senate has voted 21-14 in favor of HB 638, to set up extensive new reporting requirements for complications resulting from abortions, including all types of health conditions,…
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has signed into law a roadkill bill that would allow motorists or passers-by to humanely dispatch a badly injured animal unintentionally hit by a vehicle. Currently, Idaho law says only law enforcement officers can dispatch such animals. Otter gave his signature...
House and Senate Democrats held a news conference this afternoon to call for action this year on Idaho’s health coverage gap, in which 78,000 Idahoans make too much to qualify for the state’s Medicaid program, but not enough to be eligible to buy subsidized health...
Federal officials have killed 10 wolves in northern Idaho at the request of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to boost elk numbers, and state officials say more might be killed this winter. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services said Wednesday that workers used a helicopter in the Clearwater National Forest in late February...
Close to 2,000 people gathered on the Capitol steps for today’s “Enough is Enough” rally against gun violence – most of them high school and junior high students. “If you leave here knowing anything, I want it to be that your voice will not be...
Hundreds of chanting students are gathered on the state Capitol steps, chanting, “Your guns or our lives,” and holding signs with slogans including “Love our kids, not our guns.” It’s part of a student walkout and rally entitled “Enough is Enough,” occurring in concert with...
Amid much confusion, the House Education Committee voted along party lines this morning to introduce a concurrent resolution repeating its earlier call for deleting portions of proposed school science standards, even though the Senate Education Committee already has voted to approve the standards – which…
The Senate Education Committee will not hold a hearing on a controversial private school scholarship bill, Idaho Education News reports, effectively killing the proposal for the year, the bill’s sponsor and the leaders of three education groups said Tuesday. Rep. John Vander Woude told Idaho…
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