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Transportation chairman: Another tax hike unlikely
A key member of the Idaho Legislature said Tuesday that lawmakers likely won’t seek another tax hike to fund road and bridge repairs.
House Transportation Committee Chairman Joe Palmer, R-Meridian, told IdahoReporter.com he’s unlikely to throw support behind any tax hike plan.
“I don’t think we need to raise taxes any more for that,” Palmer said.
His remarks […]
Former lawmaker who defended pension perk could soon benefit from it
Former Idaho lawmakers who go to work for the state can make out like bandits come pension time.
Read More →PERSI wants to address $20 million judicial pension shortfall — again
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
That might be the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho’s motto as its board members seek to shore up funding for recently reformed judicial pensions.
Read More →Idaho receives D- for forfeiture laws; groups call for repeal
By Dustin Hurst | IdahoReporter.com
A new Institute for Justice report gives Idaho a grade of D- for its civil asset forfeiture laws, which the group said allow police to seize property too easily and don’t provide enough data when property is taken.
The damning report, “Policing for Profit,” says that “under Idaho law, innocent owners wishing […]
Left and right agree: Investigators should release Yantis killing video
America’s political left and right agree: Idaho State Police investigators must release video accounts of two Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies shooting and killing Council rancher Jack Yantis — if footage exists.
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End unfair video restrictions in the Idaho House
By Dustin Hurst / December 23, 2015 / Commentary, Idaho, Opinion, State Government / No Comments
It’s time for the Idaho House of Representatives to repeal a rule that prevents ordinary Idahoans from capturing video in House committee rooms.
Read More →The restriction, part of the House’s rulebook that outlines how representatives conduct business, flies in the face of open government and, with technological advances, will soon become entirely unenforceable.
Officially the restriction is known […]