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Man charged after driving through school gates
A driver allegedly crashed through two closed crossing gates at Washington Elementary in Sandpoint, prompting new …
Senate panel approves gas industry-backed measure
Texting-while-driving bill advances
BOISE (AP) - A bill that would ban texting-while-driving in Idaho has cleared another hurdle in its long legislative journey and is now headed to the House floor.
Income tax cut clears House committee
BOISE (AP) - Idaho's top-earning individuals and businesses would get tax relief worth $35.7 million under a bill that has cleared a House committee.
Idaho sheriff says he may stop posting mug shots
BOISE (AP) - When Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney decided to post a daily arrest list and booking photos on the Internet in 2003, it was to provide a public service - and a deterrent for people about to do something …
More Idaho students qualify for free school meals
Lawmakers tussle over state worker raises
BOISE (AP) - Lawmakers in the Idaho House have set the stage for more debate on state worker pay raises days after legislative budget writers set the increases at 2 percent
Idaho vote to privatize liquor might be illegal
BOISE - Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said Tuesday a proposed voter initiative to privatize Idaho's lucrative hard liquor business might be illegal because the state constitution says such decisions are the Legi…
New DEQ director named
BOISE (AP) - Gov. Butch Otter has named a replacement for the outgoing environmental quality director.
Idaho solar plant reaches deal with Idaho Power
Brewery owners seek change in ownership laws
Labrador hopes to ease project rules
States attack 'Obamacare' with birth control bills
Former sheriff sues counties, state
Cleanup cutback for EPA
SPOKANE - The massive cleanup of a century's worth of mining pollution in Idaho's Silver Valley would be cut nearly in half under a proposal Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Preliminary hearings set for three murder suspects
SANDPOINT - Day-long preliminary hearings are tentatively set for three Bonner County residents implicated in the slaying of a 19-year-old from Hope.