State council settles on first round of IGEM grants 
POSTED: Monday, May 20, 2013 at 03:28 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Boise State University, Idaho State University, IGEM, University of Idaho
Seven Idaho university research projects will share more than $800,000 in state grants that are the first of their kind under the Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission. Five of the seven projects are at the University of Idaho, with Boise State University and Idaho State University each getting one grant. All seven projects, which should get [...]
Idaho woman claims bias against Union Pacific
POSTED: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 01:20 PM PTBY: The Associated Press
A southeast Idaho woman has filed a federal lawsuit seeking $350,000 from Union Pacific railroad, contending she was discriminated against with unfair wage practices because of her gender. Ronna K. Martinez filed the lawsuit the week of May 6 in U.S. District Court in Pocatello following more than 40 years with the company, the Idaho [...]
GBAD candidates reveal positions on convention center expansion
POSTED: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 04:06 PM PTBY: Sean Olson
Tags: Boise Hawks, convention center, election, Expansion, Greater Boise Auditorium District
Candidates for the Greater Boise Auditorium district aired their sentiments on the future of the organization in their first public forum May 9, giving their impressions of how to spend an estimated $40 million available to the district. Seven candidates appeared before a crowd at the event, sponsored by the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce. [...]
4 northern Idaho routes could get bigger trucks
POSTED: Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 02:46 PM PTBY: The Associated Press
Four northern Idaho routes designated as appropriate for extra-long trucks will likely be considered as potential routes for extra-heavy trucks as well. The Spokesman-Review reports in a story published May 9 that U.S. highways 95 and 2, and state highways 41 and 53 already have the extra-long designation. “I think the primary thing is the [...]
April tax revenues $56 million above projections
POSTED: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 09:51 AM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Larger income tax collections in April, when many people file their taxes with the state and federal government, gathered 13 percent more than expected. The state’s general fund budget now has $79 million more than anticipated, meaning the budget will probably remain balanced. Both personal and corporate income taxes as well as the state sales [...]
District must pay damages in driver’s ed death
POSTED: Monday, May 6, 2013 at 09:24 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
A jury decided that an Idaho school district must pay $3.5 million in damages to the family of a 15-year-old Idaho boy who died in a crash during his driver’s education class. Jurors deliberated for only about 90 minutes May 1 before finding Carey School driver education instructor Jeffrey Mecham 100 percent responsible for the [...]
Hot topics in electronic discovery
POSTED: Friday, May 3, 2013 at 03:12 PM PTBY: Correy Stephenson
Ever-evolving and constantly growing, electronic discovery presents a variety of challenges for litigators. In addition to the rise of computer-assisted review, attorneys are struggling with three other concerns related to electronically stored information, or ESI: defensible deletion, cost-shifting and the use of clawback agreements. Here is a look at how these issues arise in cases [...]
Idaho, prison medical firm at odds over contract
POSTED: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 09:31 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
Idaho’s prison system will increase payments to its medical and mental health care provider by hundreds of thousands of dollars after the company demanded a raise. However, the Idaho Department of Correction said it will only extend its $27 million annual contract with Corizon Correctional Healthcare until January, not another 12 months as previously announced. [...]
Idaho GOP senator preparing a local-option tax plan
POSTED: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 04:39 PM PTBY: Brad Iverson-Long
Tags: Bill Connors, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Chuck Winder, David Bieter, local option tax, Oklahoma City
Idaho State Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, said he’s working on legislation to expand the state’s local-option sales tax. His proposal, modeled on recent development in Oklahoma City, would require a majority public vote for any tax increases, with local governments needing to announce what projects the new tax dollars would go to. Local governments also [...]
Pocatello rejects protection for gays, lesbians
POSTED: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 04:23 PM PTBY: The Associated Press
The Pocatello City Council on April 18 narrowly rejected an ordinance intended to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination, bucking the direction set by three other Idaho cities that have recently passed antidiscrimination ordinances for sexual orientation. The ordinance, similar to protections passed in Sandpoint, Boise and Moscow in the last 15 [...]
