Boise (670 KBOI News) – The Add the Words bill is back, and officially part of the 2019 Idaho legislative session. Boise Senator Maryanne Jordan introduced the legislation on the floor of the Senate today, as a personal bill. That means it skips the draft legislation process in committee, and goes directly to print. Jordan says…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – The Idaho Freedom Foundation is suing the City of Boise over two recently-created Urban Renewal Agencies, the Shoreline URA in downtown, and the Gateway East URA, near Micron. Policy Analyst Lindsay Atkinson says the two URAs were created last month, with little fanfare and no voter approval. “The Idaho Constitution demands…… MORE
Meridian (670 KBOI News) – We’re getting a hint at what may take over the land that was once the home of the Farmstead corn maze, next to I-84 in Meridian. BoiseDev.com publisher Don Day says developer and former gubernatorial candidate Tommy Alquist has filed plans with the City of Meridian, to build a so-called golf…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – The Idaho Department of Lands is the new owner of 32,000 more acres of North Idaho forest land. According to the Idaho Press, the Department bought the acres for $42.2 million, from the Molpus Woodlands Group. The money came from the sale of state-owned lake cabin sites and other commercial properties.…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Idaho high school seniors are graduating at a higher rate than ever before. The Idaho State Department of Education announced Thursday that in 2018, 80.65% of high school seniors graduated…the first time the rate has been over 80%. The Department said 43% of districts had graduation rates over 90%, and 18…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – The director of the state’s veterans’ services programs found himself on the other side of the committee table, talking with the legislature’s budget writing committee about his department. Former Senator Marv Hagedorn is now the administrator of the Division of Veterans’ Services, after being appointed last summer. He told JFAC one…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – The truth is out there… According to the National UFO Reporting Center, there were 48 reports of UFO sightings in Idaho, just in 2018. CBS 2 News says people reported seeing UFOs in the shape of triangles, disks and ovals, and even one person said they saw one resembling a fireball.…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Idaho Power is working to restore service to thousands of homes and businesses, after a huge outage that darkened homes in the most heavily populated part of town. Spokesman Brad Bowlin says about 11:30, power went out in West Boise…like pretty much ALL of West Boise. “We had a very significant…… MORE
Washington DC (670 KBOI News) – Idaho Senator Jim Risch — the new Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — says it’s ridiculous that the government remains partially shut down after 20 days. He says many of the same Democratic Party leaders who oppose $5 billion for a border wall today, have voted for that,…… MORE
Washington DC (670 KBOI News) – Less than a week into the new Congress, two new gun control bills have been introduced. The Universal Background Checks Act of 2019 would make it mandatory for all firearms transfers to go through a Federal Firearms License holder, and a background check be performed. Lars Dalseide with the National…… MORE
