C. Otter News

Parma Mayor Margaret Watson says supporters of the Parma Research and Extension Center in southwest Idaho are confident they have come up with a plan to keep the center open through June 30.

Gov. Butch Otter has told applicants who want the job as director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources that he will not appoint anyone at this time.

Tuesday Governor Butch Otter signed a proclamation making November Adoption Awareness Month in Idaho.

Idaho soon may be facing more cuts to state programs and agencies, Gov. Butch Otter announced.

The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation announced Monday that it'll put up to $20 million into a big new push to get Idaho kids to seek higher education after high school.

KIVI Today's Channel 6 News College of Idaho receives $1 million Albertson donation As a part of its "Go On" campaign, the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation Monday announced a gift of $1 million to The College of Idaho to underwrite scholarships for Idaho residents over the next four to six years.

Click below to read the memo Gov. Butch Otter sent to state agencies last week asking them to further trim spending and limit all "non-essential activities wherever possible." In his luncheon talk to the Associated Taxpayers today, Otter said, "Folks, we are going to have a tough session - it's going to be tough because, obviously, we don't have as ...

Governor Butch Otter agrees with other Republican Governors on how the health care legislation pending in Congress will affect the state's budgets.

Idaho state agency purchases of additional retirement service credit for certain employees: $72,781.58, Division of Human Resources, Oct.

Remember the Medicare drug benefit? The human capacity for self-delusion never ceases to amaze me, so it shouldn't surprise me that so many Republicans seem to genuinely believe that they are the party of fiscal responsibility.

Gov. C.L. ``Butch'' Otter slammed the former Idaho Transportation Department director who is suing the state on whistleblower and gender discrimination claims, calling her ineffective and saying he lost faith in her before she was fired.

Two months before the 2010 Legislature, the session's bitter tenor is already set: Public education is almost certain to be slashed for a second year and some state agencies now scrimping to get by could be eliminated altogether.

Idaho Gov. Otter objects to ESA listing Gov. Butch Otter said the federal government has let down the ranchers and others in Idaho who stepped forward to help a rare flowering bush that grows in the Foothills and in wet areas of Southwest Idaho's desert - even though it was not protected under the Endangered Species Act.

It's the public's house but as state lawmakers move into the newly renovated Capitol building, there's a dispute over just how much access the public should have.

Idaho's first-ever female transportation director was fired, in part, simply for being a woman, a lawsuit filed today charges.

Idaho's first-ever female transportation director was fired, in part, simply for being a woman, a lawsuit filed today charges.

Gov. Butch Otter appealed to Idahoans on Friday to send him their ideas on how the state can save money, as one Idaho lawmaker called for a tax increase to avoid drastic cuts in education, Medicaid and other state services.

Capitol renovations aren't yet complete, but a dust-up has already erupted over a rule limiting public exhibitions to a single floor - and the spat boils down to who's in charge.

It's hard to think of a regular event in the state Capitol that's more chaotic than the annual Buy Idaho day, when purveyors of Idaho products annually fill all four floors of the Capitol rotunda with 100 or more booths, handing out samples of pork-n-seeds, fresh bread, candies and cosmetics and showcasing their businesses.

Republican U.S. House candidate Vaughn Ward says he's awaiting the outcome of alcohol-related charges against one of his campaign consultants before deciding whether to continue their professional ties.