Idaho Government News

On Friday, February 10, 2012 the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee refused to even print legislation which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Idaho Transportation Department plow crews are waiting for snow. This year snow plow drivers haven't been as busy as in years past.

Republican 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador today announced his re-election bid on the steps of the Idaho State Capitol.

All throughout February, which is American Heart Month, the Need to Know column is focusing on heart disease, the leading killer of Americans.

COEUR D'ALENE - A right-of-way dispute between a developer and the Idaho Transportation Department over a planned highway interchange near Athol is going to trial next month.

Almost half of Idahoans purchased a lottery ticket in the last 12 months, but many wonder whether the Idaho Lottery a good bet for the state and its citizens.

The Idaho Press Tribune has out a general piece on lobbyists at the Idaho Legislature , an evergreen but useful subject.

The wolf hunt in Idaho could soon be taken to a whole new elevation -- hundreds of feet in the air, to be exact.

The Idaho Legislature's budget writing committee is wrapping up its annual catch up with each of the state's departments and agencies before setting a spending plan for Fiscal Year 2013.

Northwest Nazarene University, in conjunction with the Idaho Chinese Community, will host a Chinese New Year celebration on February 11 at 2:30 5 p.m. in NNU's Brandt Center.

After the Senate State Affairs Committee voted 7-2 this morning, rejecting a bill that would protect gay, lesbian and transgender Idahoans from discrimination, supporters regrouped to show their disapproval by protesting the full Senate from the public gallery.

A group expresses disbelief with a silent protest outside the Senate State Affairs Committee meeting on Friday.

Senior citizens and low-income taxpayers of any age can find free income tax return preparation sites by going to a new web site, according to the Idaho State Tax Commission.

Idaho Legislature to consider 3 bills on sale of big-game licenses The auction of big-game licenses in Idaho is a controversial issue in the state, and three bills set for hearing today would make changes on such sales: two Senate bills would allow landowners to charge whatever price they could get for tags they hold, and another Senate bill would ... (more)

The 12-mile stretch of Idaho 21 between the Grandjean Junction and Banner Summit closed today at 1:50 p.m. for an avalanche, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare officials are looking for ways to use a 620-acre campus that was once home to more than 1,000 people institutionalized at the Idaho State School and Hospital.

At 43rd State Blues, Sisyphus addresses the flap between the Idaho Legislature and the UI Law School re: attendance at a diversity training course: "Dean Burnett's response letter is a model of diplomacy providing a rational and informative response to powerful and vindictive law makers with control over funding for Idaho's only College of Law.

A landmark $25 billion nationwide mortgage settlement is expected to affect thousands of Idahoans.

Idaho State Tax Commission Chairman Bob Geddes resigned his state post this week and will return to Monsanto, his former employer.

Brad Duke held the luckiest piece of paper in Idaho history, Wednesday, inside a Jackson's food store near Orchard and the interstate.