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Mayors come to Moscow

Idaho Legislature issues affect local governments, including Moscow Mayors from various cities in Idaho gathered in Moscow Friday to hear an Association of Idaho Cities (AIC) report about various issues […]

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Transportation relief bill killed

Bill changing income tax collection falls in Senate BOISE — One of three bills structured to finance necessary improvements to Idaho’s transportation system was vanquished with unanimous consensus on the […]

Finding fee funding

Committee requests 1.6 percent increase to UI student fees After hearing from several entities on campus and much deliberation, the Student Fee Committee proposed a 1.6 percent increase, or $8.73, […]

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Leadership needed

Legislature should abandon embarrassing politics, priorities The Idaho legislature doesn’t disappoint when it comes to being absurd. It seems like every year legislators find a new way to show their […]

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Idaho won’t Add the Words

Committee votes along party lines to kill bill BOISE — Idaho lawmakers in the House State Affairs Committee voted 13-4 Thursday to reject moving the Add the Words bill to […]

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‘Blueprint for going forward’

Despite the 2014 legislative session being just a day shy of its commencement date, Idaho’s Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter spoke with reporters and the public during the Associated Press legislative […]

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Proud to be an Idahoan

On March 11, the Idaho House of Representatives voted 55-13 to pass Rep. Mark Patterson’s Idaho Federal Firearm, Magazine and Register Ban Enforcement Act, or House Bill  219.