Boise (670 KBOI News) – House Bill 577, which would legalize cannabidoil oil, under a doctors’ control, is headed to the Idaho Senate. The bill cleared the House on a 59-11 vote Wednesday…Representative Dorothy Moon of Stanley, the bill’s sponsor, said CBD oil is not the boogey man that some in the House have tried to…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Governor Otter’s so-called “dual waiver” health plan could be dead of the session, after the House of Representatives voted to send it back to the Health and Welfare Committee. Committee Chairman Fred Wood of Burley, said the bill, which cleared the Committee on a 12-3 vote in January, didn’t have the…… MORE
Duck Island, in the SW corner of Ann Morrison Park, will become Dog Island Boise (670 KBOI News) – The ducks and geese that hang out on Ann Morrison Park’s Duck Island are getting the boot…or more like the paw. Boise Parks and Recreation is planning to convert Duck Island, in the park’s southwest corner right…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – A Boise man is under arrest in the Ada County Jail, charged with stabbing another man at a Hotel overnight. Haley Williams with the Boise Police Department says it started with a call to the America’s Best Value Inn on Sunrise Rim, near the Boise airport, where a number of…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – A bill which would legalize the use of Cannabidoil Oil, under a doctor’s orders, is moving ahead in the Idaho House of Representatives. House Bill 577 cleared the House Health and Welfare Committee Friday unanimously, it now goes to the House floor for debate. In over two hours of debate,…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Idaho is one step closer to having sales tax charged automatically on everything bought online. House Bill 578 cleared the full House Friday, on a 46-21 vote. It would require all online retailers doing business with people in Idaho to add the state’s 6% sales tax to all purchases. During the…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – How should the state of Idaho teach the science of climate change to kids…that’s the issue that the Senate Education Committee could vote on Thursday. Cascade Policy Institute contributor Dr. Gordon Fulks is an astrophysicist…he’s seen the proposed standards, and doesn’t think much of them. “This business of trying to teach…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Do you like to yakk on the phone as you’re driving? Maybe check your texts or email? It could cost you if a bill headed to the Senate floor becomes law. Senate Bill 1283 would make it illegal to hold a phone to your ear, or look at the screen while…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI) – A bill which would require online retailers to collect Idaho sales tax is headed to the Idaho House floor for debate. It’s the sixth time Twin Falls Rep. Lance Clow has sponsored the bill…he told the House Revenue and Taxation Committee it’s a matter of fairness. “This has been an unfair advantage…… MORE
Idaho Governor Butch Otter is hailing a plan announced by the Trump Administration, which allows short-term, non-Obamacare compliant health insurance plans to be issued for up to a year, instead of just 3 months. Short-term health plans aren’t required to comply with the Affordable Care Act. Otter told 670 KBOI’s Nate Shelman the President’s plan…… MORE
