Terry Harris, director of the Kootenai Environmental Alliance, shared this photo from the Friends of Scotchman Peaks.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Lawmakers in the Idaho House advanced legislation Wednesday that would lift the state's cap on charter schools while also allowing more than one to open within the boundaries of a

BOISE (AP) - Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said Tuesday a proposed voter initiative to privatize Idaho's lucrative hard liquor business might be illegal because the state constitution says such dec

Mary Souza’s Newsletter Way back at the start of the McEuen hoo-ha, the city made a deal with the baseball folks:  The baseball people should be quiet and not make a big stink or write letters to the editor or speak out at meetings, and in return?…the city promised them “equal or better” for the [...]

Okay, folks.  Let’s hear it for the Idaho Judicial Council. You know who they are, right?  You don’t?  Well, among their duties, one that stands out is “…to nominate to the Governor persons for appointments to vacancies in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and district courts. “  Wow!  Pretty important stuff. Except it appears [...]

[ This article from Sunday’s Los Angeles Times reports that Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez is being investigated by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Division.  The news article reports, “The unit’s criminal investigators opened an inquiry into allegations of special favors granted to property owners after complaints from assessor’s office employees [...]

For several years, lawmakers in the House have approved measures to remove Idaho’s cap on charter school creation, set at six per year. This year, the House Education Committee has begun another run at cap removal, though the latest version includes a new hitch. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Post Falls, would eliminate [...]

With a vote of 29-6, the Senate bill banning texting while driving passed the Senate Tuesday, according to the Idaho Statesman. Similar legislation has been introduced by Idaho lawmakers in the last 2-3 years, without success in passing the Legislature. Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Coeur d’Alene, believes that this current version of an anti-texting bill is simple, effective and also [...]

After Gov. Butch Otter signed House Bill 404, which makes camping on the Capitol mall ground illegal, the Occupy Boise movement asked for the eviction to be delayed. It claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the governor and other lawmakers violated their rights, according to the Idaho Statesman. Part of the suit contends that Occupy members’ [...]