Senate panel votes to continue concealed weapons privilege for Idaho elected...
The Senate State Affairs Committee voted 6-2 Monday to kill House Bill 514, which would have ended the privilege enjoyed by elected officials who may carry concealed weapons without a permit. The...
View ArticleChildrens’ voices, a welcome hint of spring at the Idaho Statehouse
We Statehouse denizens sometimes forget just how beautiful the world is. So this week’s annual appearance of choirs from around Idaho offered a welcome lift as lawmakers press to adjourn by March 21....
View ArticleDay 74 at the #idleg, Storified
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View ArticleIdaho wolf control bill goes to Otter as F&G Commission liberalizes hunting...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has on his desk a bill to create an Idaho Wolf Control Board. The House gave final approval Thursday to the board, which lawmakers say will fill in the funding gaps created by...
View ArticleLive chat legislative recap Tuesday with Statesman’s Popkey, Kyle & Idaho Ed...
My colleague Zach Kyle, business reporter extraordinaire, education expert Kevin Richert and I will take questions about the 2014 Legislature beginning at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Head to the home page at...
View ArticleCaldwell’s Rep. Bolz asked to be removed as Chaney’s campaign chairman
After news that Greg Chaney had been charged with domestic battery and three other misdemeanors in 2009, outgoing Rep. Darrell Bolz asked that his name be removed as chairman of the Chaney campaign — a...
View ArticleCanyon County District 10: Chaney stays in GOP House race
Greg Chaney, a candidate for retiring Rep. Darrell Bolz’s seat, told the Canyon County Central Committee at its monthly meeting Tuesday night that he would not withdraw, despite a backlash over the...
View ArticleLegendary Idaho House tax committee chairman Antone dead at 92
Steve Antone, a plain-spoken farmer who spent a dozen years as the gatekeeper of Idaho tax policy, died Saturday. The Rupert Republican served 28 years in the Idaho House, the last dozen as chairman of...
View ArticleIn shift, U of I to pay full cost of Otter poll on transportation needs, funding
Concerns about the credibility of a poll funded by the trucking and construction industries that would benefit from new spending on roads and bridges prompted the University of Idaho to take over the...
View ArticleBerch accuses Luker of ‘borrowing a page’ from Mark Patterson playbook
West Boise Democrat Steve Berch is accusing four-term GOP Rep. Lynn Luker of engaging in the “same public avoidance tactic” employed by former GOP Rep. Mark Patterson in the 2012 campaign. Luker’s...
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