Idaho citizens committee approves legislative salary increases
Nov 6, 2024 · Update: This story was updated 11:35 a.m. Friday. Idaho lawmakers could see an increase in their pay from $19,913, to $25,000 per year for the next two years.. The Citizens’ Committee on Legislative Compensation unanimously approved this increase Wednesday morning at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise.
After months of negotiations, Idaho farmers reach new long-term …
Nov 15, 2024 · Idaho Gov. Brad Little called on farmers to reach a new water agreement after this year’s curtailment order On May 30, Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a curtailment order requiring 6,400 junior water rights holders who pump off the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer to shut off their water to protect senior water rights holders from a forecasted water shortfall ...
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Citing growing costs, Idaho seeks to end parental disability care ...
Nov 8, 2024 · The agency will work with families and provider agencies on resources and options, including for people who live in rural communities and can’t find direct care staffers to work the hours they need, Idaho Medicaid Deputy Director Juliet Charron told reporters. “The volume of confirmed and suspected cases of fraud and abuse (is) …
In 2025, Idaho will let families apply to child care aid program …
Nov 15, 2024 · What’s changing in the Idaho Child Care Program? When the program reopens for applications, Health and Welfare says the income cutoff for eligibility will be reduced to 130% of the federal poverty level.. That means the highest income a family of three could earn to be eligible for the program is $33,566 annually.
Idaho Legislature introduces two private school bills
Jan 22, 2025 · This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Jan. 22, 2025. Two new private school choice bills emerged Wednesday — one from the Idaho House and one from the Idaho Senate. The House bill would create a $50 million tax credit covering private school expenses. The Senate proposal would ...
City of Boise launches committee to address climate change, seeks ...
Dec 4, 2024 · The city of Boise has launched the Boise Community Climate Action Committee, a group meant to create a cleaner and healthier Boise, according to a press release from the city.. Boise Airport now powered by 100% clean energy through Idaho Power program
‘Headed for a disaster:’ ACLU asks Idaho Supreme Court to order …
Jan 2, 2025 · ACLU of Idaho asks court to require regular updates on State Public Defender’s Office. ACLU also asked the court to rule in an injunction that Idaho must create and implement a plan to remedy its alleged constitutional violations; to remand the case to district court to appoint an independent monitor to oversee Idaho’s progress; and asked the court to require weekly, monthly and quarterly ...
Trump’s Defense secretary nominee has close ties to Idaho …
Nov 21, 2024 · Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, has close ties to an Idaho-based Christian nationalist church that aims to turn America into a theocracy.. Hegseth is a member of a Tennessee congregation affiliated with Christ Church, a controversial congregation in Moscow, Idaho, that has become a leader in the movement to get more Christianity in the public ...
Survey: More Idahoans think the state is on the right track. But ...
Jan 18, 2025 · For the first time in six years, more Idahoans — nearly half — believe the state is on track, according to the annual Boise State University Idaho Public Policy Survey. And hope for Idaho’s economic conditions to improve also rose, up to almost 44% this year. Asked similar questions last year ...