BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House has killed the Idaho Attorney General’s budget for the upcoming year, a move that will force the Legislature’s budget-setting committee to create a new budget for the office. The 40-29 vote Friday appeared ...
Read More »Idaho cow manure pollution bill approved by Senate panel
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Senate panel on Thursday approved legislation that’s the product of Idaho’s hundreds of thousands of cows and the 50 million pounds (23 million kilograms) of cow manure they produce daily. The Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee ...
Read More »Idaho bill axing COVID-19 from emergency list passes House
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House has passed legislation to define how severe an epidemic must be before it can qualify as a disaster. Under the measure, the coronavirus pandemic wouldn’t meet the criteria. The bill, which passed 58-12 ...
Read More »Legislation introduced to ban mask mandates in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho House panel took up legislation Tuesday to prohibit mask mandates by government entities that have been put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The House State Affairs Committee cleared the way ...
Read More »Former Idaho attorneys general form group to fight lawmakers
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two former Idaho attorneys general and a former deputy attorney general have formed a group to fight what they say are unconstitutional laws being proposed by the Legislature. Jim Jones, who is also a former chief ...
Read More »Legislature sends $175M rental assistance bill to governor
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Residents of Idaho could see millions of dollars in rental assistance during the pandemic if the governor signs a bill authorizing the spending. The Idaho Senate unanimously voted on Thursday to authorize the spending of $175 ...
Read More »Bill to defund abortion providers passes House committee
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has passed a bill that would halt all public funding to any entities that advise women about their abortion options. The bill, sponsored by Nampa Rep. Bruce Skaug and 15 other ...
Read More »House OKs bill to let agencies bypass Idaho Attorney General
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposed law that would allow state agencies to skip the Idaho attorney general’s office to instead hire more expensive private-practice attorneys whenever they choose overwhelmingly passed the Idaho House on Wednesday. The legislation, sponsored by ...
Read More »Bill to compensate wrongly convicted heads to Idaho governor
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to compensate people wrongly convicted of crimes in Idaho cleared the House on Tuesday and is headed to Republican Gov. Brad Little. Lawmakers voted 70-0 to approve the measure that would pay $62,000 a year ...
Read More »Idaho bill appears to eliminate coronavirus as an emergency
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation defining pandemics that would appear to eliminate the current coronavirus pandemic from qualifying as an emergency in Idaho headed to the House on Monday. The House State Affairs Committee approved the measure that’s part of ...
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