3 天之前 · The Idaho Capital Sun is the Gem State’s newest nonprofit news organization delivering accountability journalism on state politics, health care, tax policy, the environment and more.

3 天之前 · Supreme Court case shakes Idaho ski areas by overturning decades of liability precedent BY: Betsy Z. Russell - February 3, 2025 It was clear and shady on a late-November afternoon in 2019, as a 65-year-old, 210-pound skier from Boise made his way down Lower River Run at Sun Valley, skiing with “poor control” on the moderately crowded groomed run, according to court records.

6 天之前 · What is the change in employee compensation? It’s an annual budget area to set pay raises for Idaho state government employees. On Dec. 20, the Idaho Division of Human Resources recommended raises of 4% for state employees – saying turnover is an issue for the state and that state employees are so underpaid they all could go do the same job virtually anywhere else and be paid better.

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2024年11月20日 · Under House Bill 292, the property tax reduction bill passed during the 2023 legislative session, a state budget surplus is supposed to be directed toward cutting property taxes through what is called a surplus eliminator.. When state officials went to close the books and reconcile the fiscal year 2024 budget this summer, reporting and reconciliation issues with Luma delayed the process ...

2025年1月2日 · 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 ...

2024年12月17日 · In 2018, after years of stalled legislative efforts to address the Medicaid gap, nearly 61% of Idaho voters approved a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid.. Since then, support for expansion has risen, public polling from 2023 shows. But that doesn’t mean the will of the public “will prevail,” Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D …

2024年6月4日 · The days of record-breaking state budget surpluses appear to be over in Idaho, at least for the time being. With the state approaching the end of its fiscal year on June 30, state revenues came in below projections in April, the most recent figures publicly available.

2024年12月2日 · Sen. Scott Grow, R-Eagle, has publicly announced he is seeking the Senate president pro tem position. In a Nov. 22 interview with the Idaho Capital Sun, Grow said he would give up his position as co-chair of the powerful Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, or JFAC, if he is elected Senate president pro tem.

2024年10月16日 · Election 2024; Government + Politics; Hundreds of thousands spent in support and opposition of Idaho’s Proposition 1 Reports from Idaho Secretary of State show Prop 1 supporters have raised $2.8M, while several political committees have spent hundreds of thousands to oppose it