Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Idaho Among 9 States Cited For Big Insurance Hikes
Mar 26 2012 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has listed Idaho among nine states where insurance companies are seeking increases in premiums deemed excessive under new federal guidelines. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius...
Idaho House Lawmakers Pass Texting-While-Driving Ban
Mar 22 2012 // After several tries and frustrating setbacks, Idaho is set to join the majority of states that have toughened laws against sending text messages while driving. House lawmakers voted 53-17 Tuesday to bar motorists from...
Measure Limiting Asbestos Liability Clears Idaho Senate
Mar 22 2012 // Bottle-cap maker Crown Holdings might want to pop the top off a celebratory bottle, after a bill to limit its asbestos liability in Idaho cleared the Senate and headed to Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter for...
Irwin Siegel Opens Office In Idaho, Names Business Development Director
Mar 21 2012 // Rock Hill, N.Y.-based Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. has opened an office located in Boise, Idaho. ISA, a national insurance and risk management provider, also named Chad Williams as a business development director. ISA offers...
Idaho Senate Votes to Ease Workers Comp For Firefighters
Mar 15 2012 // Senate lawmakers have endorsed a bill to better protect Idaho firefighters who contract cancer. The Senate voted 23-10 Monday to pass legislation that would help the state’s nearly 1,000 firefighters secure workers...
Idaho House: Private Insurers Should Set Up Exchange
Mar 14 2012 // Idaho House members voted 49-13 to encourage private insurers to establish their own health insurance exchange, rather than having federal or state governments set one up as envisioned by the 2010 federal health care...
Measure Limiting Asbestos Liability Clears Idaho House
Feb 24 2012 // A bill that would limit national bottle-top maker’s liability for asbestos-related health claims in Idaho has won support in the Idaho House. For years, Pennsylvania-based Crown Holdings has sought protection at the...
Idaho Likely To Spurn Federal Cash For Exchange
Feb 16 2012 // With the 2012 session half over, opposition from the Legislature’s conservatives has all but ended Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s plan for using a $20.3 million federal grant for a state-run insurance...
The Buckner Co. Acquires Leonardson Insurance in Idaho
Feb 6 2012 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based The Buckner Co. on Monday announced it is expanding operations Idaho with the acquisition of Leonardson Insurance in Rexburg, Idaho. The Buckner Co.’s Rexburg office, at 1109 Summers Drive,...
Group to Push Idaho Liquor Vote, Grocers Back Off
Feb 6 2012 // A grocery lobbying organization won’t advance a liquor privatization ballot measure in 2012, but a second group announced it will seek to get an initiative before voters next November. The Idaho Federation of Reagan...
Idaho Gets $625K in Prescription Drug Case
Feb 1 2012 // Idaho is getting $625,000 in the settlement of a lawsuit with a prescription drug maker accused of selling products at false or inflated prices. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced the resolution Monday with Mylan...
Company Seeks Asbestos Liability Limit in Idaho
Jan 30 2012 // A bottle-cap maker weary of paying $700 million in asbestos claims has teamed with a conservative group in a state-by-state trudge to shield itself from forking over even more cash to victims. The lastest battle is...
Group to Push Idaho Liquor Vote, Grocers Back Off
Jan 25 2012 // A grocery lobbying organization won’t advance a liquor privatization ballot measure in 2012, but a second group announced it will seek to get an initiative before voters next November. The Idaho Federation of Reagan...
Idaho Biologists File Lawsuit After Copter Crash
Jan 9 2012 // Two biologists with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game injured in a helicopter crash while attempting to dart elk, moose and wolves for a study have filed lawsuits against the pilot and others. The lawsuit seeks damages...
Former Idaho Police Officer Awarded $717,000
Jan 9 2012 // A former Idaho officer with the Fort Hall Police Department injured when his patrol vehicle was hit by another vehicle has been awarded $717,000 by a Pocatello jury. But Nicolas Garcia says he’d rather continue...
Idaho Economic Developers Want Employer Incentive Fund
Dec 27 2011 // State lawmakers need to create a $5- to $10-million fund that could be used to entice high-paying employers to the state by rewarding them with incentive packages, Idaho economic developers said. The Boise Valley Economic...
Former Idaho Police Officer Awarded $717,000
Dec 27 2011 // A former Idaho officer with the Fort Hall Police Department injured when his patrol vehicle was hit by another vehicle has been awarded $717,000 by a Pocatello jury. But Nicolas Garcia says he’d rather continue...
Idaho Homeowners Association Treasurer Charged With Embezzling
Dec 8 2011 // The former treasurer of a Meridian, Idaho homeowners association is charged with embezzling more than $20,000 from the organization since 2006. The Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday that Kristy Jenkins is charged with...
Insurance Won’t Cover Idaho Sheriff for Personnel Claims
Nov 23 2011 // Owyhee County’s insurer told the county commissioners it would no longer cover the sheriff against any claims involving personnel matters, prompting the commissioners to again ask Sheriff Daryl Crandall to...
Quake Project Aimed to ID Future Hotspots
Oct 17 2011 // Scientists have embarked on an ambitious experiment to better anticipate earthquakes by identifying the likeliest places where magnitude-4.9 quakes or stronger will occur in seismically active California over a five-year...
