Category Archives: Government Programs
Idaho appeals court ruling on wolves
Idaho is joining Montana and the U.S. Department of the Interior in formally appealing an August court decision that ended Idaho’s wolf hunt and wolf management and put wolves back on the endangered species list. The Interior Department, which is … Continue reading
Disaster drill proves successful for state retirement system
The Public Employment Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) is taking a page out of the Boy Scouts’ handbook – in other words, it’s working on its preparedness. Tuesday, at the PERSI oversight board meeting, Bill Oldham, an administrator for the … Continue reading
Otter’s latest wolf letter to feds asks for hunting, less cost to sportsmen
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is asking the head of the U.S. Department of the Interior to allow a wolf hunt this year and to have federal money pay for the cost of managing wolves in Idaho. Otter sent a proposed … Continue reading
State lawmakers considering next step on wolves
A panel of Idaho state lawmakers met Thursday to review the legal and on-the-ground status of wolves in Idaho and discuss potential actions lawmakers could take next year. Gov. Butch Otter, Idaho state agency leaders, and all of Idaho’s members … Continue reading
State hoping to double lands revenue in 20 years with energy, retail
Top officials at the Idaho Department of Lands are hoping to double the revenue from state lands in the next two decades by maintaining profits from timber sales while increasing profits from other uses of state-owned land. “We’re going to … Continue reading
Crapo, Risch back failed Senate effort to repeal part of health care law
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined Republicans in an unsuccessful attempt to repeal part of the new health care law, and then blocked a plan favored by President Barack Obama that would change the same section of the … Continue reading
Simpson, Minnick tell Interior to side with Otter on wolves
Idaho Reps. Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar asking him to make sure that the state of Idaho can manage the state’s wolf population. The two members of Congress also … Continue reading
Suicide at maximum security prison under investigation
An apparent suicide by an inmate at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution (IMSI) south of Boise is under investigation by the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) and Ada County Sheriff’s Office. Shad Patrick Streeter was found hanging in his cell … Continue reading
Otter sets one-month deadline for Idaho’s participation in wolf management
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter met Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar with an eye on speeding up the feds’ response to a court decision ending Idaho’s management of wolves. “We will keep working with the Interior Department … Continue reading