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One move made by House Speaker Scott Bedke this session deserves praise: Bedke has made it easier for members of the public to visit their legislators. This is a big deal, maybe the biggest deal. Why? For the last couple of legislative sessions, House members and their offices have been under lock and key. If […]

[post_thumbnail]Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, wonders what role if any the Department of Insurance would play under a direct primary care system in the state. The Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee has advanced legislation that seeks to codify in state statute the ability for doctors and patients to do business with each other directly without […]

[post_thumbnail]Rep, Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, says the state should not put itself "in the business of helping one business over another.” Gov. Butch. Otter promised this year that the state will ramp up its efforts to draw businesses to Idaho using subsidy programs, the announcement coming after some lawmakers called for a review of how the […]

[post_thumbnail]Sen Fred Martin, R-Boise, says the operation of the Idaho insurance exchange is not what he voted for when he supported creation of a state-based exchange. According to reports from the Associated Press, leaders of Idaho’s state-based health insurance exchange know “virtually nothing” about the reported 1,730 Idahoans who had purchased insurance plans from the […]

My teenage son really wants a Playstation 4. Nothing will make Julian happier than a next generation video game console under our Christmas tree. But I told him my willingness to buy something so pricy may depend entirely on the availability of steep discounts for consoles, games and controllers, the types of discounts that only […]

My teenage son really wants a Playstation 4. Nothing will make Julian happier than a next generation video game console under our Christmas tree. But I told him my willingness to buy something so pricy may depend entirely on the availability of steep discounts for consoles, games and controllers, the types of discounts that only […]

[post_thumbnail] Reps. Reed DeMordaunt, R-Eagle, and Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, listen to testimony during Tuesday's legislative interim education system hearing. DeMordaunt is co-chair of the committee. An interim committee of the Idaho Legislature met Tuesday to learn about the current condition and future hopes for K-12 public education. What it heard was a plea for more […]

[post_thumbnail]Rep. Robert Anderst R-Nampa, left. spoke with members of the Tax Accountability Committee during a luncheon meeting addressing upcoming land transactions by the Idaho Department of Lands. An Idaho citizens’ activist group is garnering increased attention and support from elected officials across the state in making a case for its concerns about the Idaho Department […]

[post_thumbnail]Michael Stoddard is an attorney with Hawley Troxell, the law firm providing legal representation to the state insurance exchange. The lawyers selected to offer legal advice to the Idaho insurance exchange have ties to at least two groups that lobbied heavily in favor of the program at the state Capitol. Hawley Troxell, a Boise-based law […]

[post_thumbnail] Rep. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, and Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, spoke at a press conference Monday about what they consider to be questionable practices by the Land Board. A citizens’ activist group and two members of the Idaho House of Representatives Monday expressed “serious concerns” about the Idaho Department of Lands plans to acquire […]

[post_thumbnail] Rep. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, is hoping the state insurance exchange in time will attract additional insurance options to the state beyond those selected by the exchange board last week. The Idaho state health insurance exchange has determined which insurance plans it will be distributing and from which insurance companies those plans will originate. The […]

GUEST OPINION, Robert Forrey When Idaho became a state in 1890, the US Congress granted 3.6 million acres of land to the new state to be used “for the support of common schools.” These lands can be sold or rented, but this must be done at a public auction in order to “… secure the […]