Boise City Council kicked the can down the road on Ball Ventures Ahlquist’s zoning request for a proposed double-tower mixed-use building on 4th between Bannock and Idaho Streets in Boise. At the city council’s Jan. 5 meeting, the public hearing and ...
Read More »Boise defers decision on BVA tower project at 200 N. 4th St.
Idaho House rejects remote participation amid virus concerns
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers in the House on Friday rejected a request from one of its members to allow her and others to participate remotely due to her being at increased risk of serious illness or death from the ...
Read More »Little offers Boise Young Professionals timeless advice 
Work hard, make good choices and always keep learning. That’s the advice that Governor Brad Little gave at the first Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals Lunch of the new year on Jan. 6. The fact that it was ...
Read More »All Idahoans are essential, say Republican caucus chairs
You are essential, no matter what anyone, any leader or any official says. Your work is essential to your family, community and to our state’s economy. Government should never get in the way of that. Your elected Republican leaders in ...
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Read More »Idaho’s Federal stimulus: Where it went, where it’s going 
For eight months, the Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee did its best to spend Idaho’s $1.25 billion in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding. It did so following the guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. ...
Read More »Judge rejects lawmakers’ coronavirus control requests
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge says he won’t order the Idaho Legislature to require stricter coronavirus precautions while a lawsuit from two lawmakers moves forward. Meanwhile, disability-rights groups filed another lawsuit against the Legislature on Monday also seeking ...
Read More »Fired for storming the Capitol? Why workers aren’t protected
Can you be fired for joining a violent mob that storms the Capitol? Of course you can. Among the jarring images of white insurrectionists who broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was a man marching through the building ...
Read More »Idaho Senate starts effort to wrest power from Gov. Little
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho senators on Wednesday joined their House colleagues in introducing legislation seeking to wrest power from Republican Gov. Brad Little on emergency declarations like the one dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Four pieces of Senate legislation, ...
Read More »Idaho updates its COVID-19 vaccination rollout plans 
In back-to-back statements, Governor Brad Little and officials with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced important updates on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Idaho. The most important item was that Idaho has established an order of group ...
Read More »Can Boise businesses require masks? and other questions 
With the potential for more aggressive demonstrations in downtown Boise at the Capitol, local business owner Mike Rogers is prepared for protesters to enter his business, but he’s not worried. For businesses looking to be prepared for more demonstrations, such ...
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