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James Tidmarsh
State Lawmakers Make Changes To Idaho Education Reform Law
It was a busy day for education at the statehouse Monday. A measure clarifying when parents will start to play a role in the evaluation of their child's teacher has cleared the Idaho Legislature. Meanwhile, over in the senate, senators voted in favor of deleting a portion of Idaho's new education laws that defines an online course...
Luna Asks Law Makers To Boost Teachers Salaries
Public schools chief Tom Luna says money the governor hoped to funnel toward an education reserve fund should instead be used to offset a $19 million reduction in salaries in 2013. The state is moving the money from salaries to help pay for classroom technology and teacher pay-for-performance as part of Luna's "Students Come First" education changes...
Idaho House Votes To Kick Out Occupy Boise
Idaho House members have voted 54-16 to boot Occupy Boise protesters from state-managed ground near the Capitol building. Before the vote this morning, Rep. Steve Hartgen of Twin Falls reminded lawmakers the bill dealt with settled law, where the U...
Buhl School District Wins Grant From Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Buhl School District will be receiving $100,000, from the Target Corporation and the Ellen DeGeneres Show. The grant is part of a $5 million donation to K-12 schools, Buhl was one of two school districts and 48 schools chosen to receive the money...
Winning Lottery Ticket Sold in Twin Falls County
Check your lottery tickets…you may have won a thousand dollars a week for a year. According to the Idaho lottery commission a “Weekly Grand “ ticket worth fifty two thousand dollars was sold in Twin Falls County. The game pays winners $1,000 per weak for a year, which after taxes works out to about 52 thousand dollars...
Jerome County Deputies Investigate Recent Burglaries
Deputies say the burglaries took place sometime during the night of Friday, January 20th, in a subdivision south of the Jerome Country Club. They say multiple homes were broken into. None of the resident were home at the time of the break-ins...
Another Water Line Breaks in Twin Falls
This is the third water line break the area has experienced this winter. In December a pipe broke under the street near Glambia foods on South Washington. Earlier this month workers discovered a break in rock creek, which had been flowing for several days...
GOP Files Lawsuit Over Redistricting Ruckus
The Republican Party is suing the secretary of state over redistricting in the Idaho Supreme Court. The party contends its chairman and the speaker of the House of Representatives have the power to fire their appointees and name new members to the panel...
Committee Pushes Occupy Ban Bill Forward
State lawmakers have taken the first step toward ending the Occupy Boise camp. The House State Affairs Committee passed a bill this morning that would prevent camping on state property. House Bill 404 is being sent to the House floor with a "do pass" recommendation...
Listen To The State Of The Union Speech Here
News radio 1310 KLIX will air President Obama's State of the Union speech and GOP rebuttal live starting at 7:00 pm tonight. Expected topics include the economy, the military draw down, and the budget. Following the speech, join News Radio 1310 KLIX's Kelly Klaas and Jill Skeem tomorrow morning on "Top Story" from 8-10 am as they get your reaction...
Vote on Occupy boise Delayed
The House State Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote on a bill that would shut down Occupy Boise. It was a packed house Monday morning as the House State Affairs Committee discussed a bill that would ban camping on state property, forcing members of Occupy Boise to find a new home...
Randy Hansen, Delores Crow Kicked off Redistricting Commission
Two redistricting commissioners have been replaced by the GOP. Randy Hansen of Twin Falls and Delores Crow have been fired despite an opinion last week from the Idaho Attorney General's office that such action is illegal. On Monday, the Republican Party announced Semanko had removed Randy Hansen, while Idaho House Speaker Lawrence Denney had removed Dolores Crow...
Flooding Closes Portion Of Twin Falls Road
All the wet weather is causing flooding problems around the valley. Part of Cheney Avenue near the Twin Falls Wal-Mart has been closed down due to flooding. The closure is west of Washington Street. All businesses are still accessible through other routes...
Lawmakers Consider Moving Idaho’s Primary to August
Lawmakers will consider moving Idaho's primary election to August under legislation that was introduced this morning in the House State Affairs Committee. The panel introduced the bill a day after the Idaho Supreme Court rejected the state's newest map for redrawing legislative districts...
Glanbia Plans To Build New Headquarters Downtown
The Twin Falls Urban Renewal Agency is expected to approve Glanbia Food’s plan to build a new 10 million dollar complex downtown tomorrow. Glanbia says it wants to build the new facility at the current site of the former Kruizer’s nightclub building on 4th Avenue South...
Counterterrorism Training Firm Announces Plans to Relocate to Twin Falls
LMS Defense, Inc. specializes in counterterrorism training to U.S. military, law enforcement and private security professionals, John Chapman, founder and CEO of LMS Defenss says The center will provide tactical training to Northwest civilian forces and provide a testing facility for military and civilian security force products...
Court Rules Idaho Redistrcting Plan Unconstitutional
It’s back to the drawing board for creating legislative districts in Idaho. The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled 4-1 against the state’s second legislative redistricting plan. The Plan was developed by Idaho's second bipartisan redistricting commission...
Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced In Idaho Legislature
A medical marijuana bill has been introduced in the Idaho by Representative Tom Trail, a Republican from Moscow. Trail proposed similar legislation last year; it got an informational hearing from the House Health & Welfare Committee, but didn’t proceed. HB...
Idaho Falls Man Faces Additional Charges For White House Shooting
An Idaho Falls man accused of trying to kill President Barack Obama by firing up to a dozen shots at the White House in November is now facing additional charges. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, who was arrested days after the Nov. 11 shooting, was formally charged Tuesday by a grand jury in Washington...
Twin Falls City Councilman Lance Clow To Run For Legislature
Twin Falls City Councilman and former Mayor Lace Clow has announced his candidacy for the Idaho Legislature. Clow, a Republican says he has filed paper work to seek the Nomination for District 24A of the Idaho House of Representatives. Clow is currently in his 19th year as a city councilman which includes 6 years as the Mayor of Twin Falls...