Idaho Government News

One of the many great things about North Idaho is the interest people express in their community college.

One of several items up for discussion this afternoon was registered sex offender Brad Stowell being released.

The National Park System's Advisory Board has unanmimously voted to recommend that Hanford's B reactor be designated as a national historic landmark.

Two Idahoans have tested positive for West Nile virus. They represent the first, locally-acquired human infections to be reported in the state this year.

Reported By: Carissa Utley There have been multiple accidents this summer here in Eastern Idaho in the waters.

CALDWELL, Idaho nCanyon County-based Pioneer Irrigation District has asked Idaho's largest and most powerful water-users group to convene a rural-urban encroachment issues summit to deal with serious financial ...

Idaho motorists cutting back on trips to save money on gas is causing a reduction in revenue the Idaho Transportation Department collects from the state's 25-cent-per-gallon fuel tax.

'A center of wonkdom," former member Bill Clinton called the National Governors Association at its centennial meeting last weekend.

SHAWN GUST/Press Idaho Governor Butch Otter looks on as Pamela Lowe of Idaho Transportation Department uses a stack of audits to illustrate her point Wednesday during Idaho's Transportation Funding Conference ...

The Idaho State Tax Commission didn't break the law by settling tax protests with large, out-of-state corporations.

After the attempts by Coach Daubenmire to defend Freshwater have failed miserably, most recently on Geraldo, an "official site" named " Bible on the Desk " has been created which claims to be the official site ...

Traveling solo can take some gumption, so if you're a little anxious about being by your lonesome in foreign lands, there's nothing wrong with taking a little vacation closer to home first, just to get your ...

Larry W. Callicutt, director of the state Department of Juvenile Corrections, has advocated community-based programs for juvenile offenders to prevent them from becoming repeat visitors to state correctional ...

Seventy-five years after the repeal of Prohibition, state lawmakers across the country are marking the anniversary by relaxing or eliminating some laws that have restricted alcohol sales since as long ago as ...

Nine environmental groups said Tuesday they plan to sue the federal government if wolverines aren't granted protection under the Endangered Species Act within 60 days.

BOISE V Idaho's Senate tax chairman is calling on Gov. Butch Otter to launch an independent investigation of allegations raised in a whistle-blower's report charging that the state tax commission cut secret ...

A new audit released Thursday confirms the Idaho State Board of Education illegally used $1.54 million from its fiscal year 2008 budget to pay testing bills from last year.

Corporate income tax auditor Stan Howland is calling for an independent investigation into his claims of misconduct within the Idaho State Tax Commission.

The State of Idaho and the federal government today announced their agreement to a cleanup plan for buried waste at the Idaho National Laboratory that provides for the long-term protection of the Snake River ...

Western governors are meeting to discuss strategies for protecting the iconic wildlife that roams their states while also capitalizing on the region's immense energy resources.