All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2012 // Idaho law enforcement is getting ready to crack down on aggressive motorists.The Idaho Transportation Department is teaming up with 49 police agencies across the state on a two-week push aimed at drivers who are speeding,...
Jul 30 2012 // A former undersheriff in Twin Falls County, Idaho has filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming she suffered gender discrimination during her brief time on the job.Gerlyn “Sam” Walker filed the lawsuit in U.S....
Jul 27 2012 // Cecil and Delores Kolka thought they escaped the worst of the Ash Creek Fire when the 390-square-mile blaze spared their home and several pastures as it ripped through the couple’s Montana cattle ranch.But when the...
Jul 19 2012 // Gov. C. L. “Butch” Otter has hired a consulting firm run by former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt to help decide whether to expand Medicaid to thousands of low-income Idahoans.The Idaho Statesman reported the...
Jul 9 2012 // A federal jury has awarded nearly $888,000 in damages to a man who said his Idaho employer discriminated against him because he is Hispanic. The Times-News reported Ricky Garcia began working for PSI Environmental Systems...
Jul 2 2012 // Incensed over “Obamacare,” Idaho lawmakers last session snubbed $20 million from the federal government earmarked for an insurance exchange and refused even to make baby steps toward establishing this online...
Jun 28 2012 // Seven employees with the Idaho Department of Juvenile Correction have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the agency, contending that a Nampa detention center is understaffed, has security policies that are dangerous to...
Jun 12 2012 // The Attorney General’s office says the state of Idaho will collect $790,000 as part of a legal settlement with Forest Laboratories Inc. over allegations the company overcharged for its drugs.The state has recovered...
Jun 12 2012 // A study by the Governors Highway Safety Association shows that the number of motorcycle deaths dropped in Idaho last year, but remained consistent nationwide. Idaho Transportation Department analyst Steve Rich told The...
Jun 5 2012 // State officials say Idaho will receive $200,000 as part of a regulatory settlement with the insurer Aflac Inc.On Monday, the Idaho Department of Insurance said Aflac will have to submit compliance reports to the state...
May 21 2012 // The insurance claim seemed straightforward: Jason Preston said his motorcycle was wrecked.His clothing was scuffed up to prove it. But Idaho investigators figured there was something fishy about the Blackfoot man’s...
May 9 2012 // An Idaho frozen food company has agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency $84,000 for failing to report its possession of hazardous chemicals to safety officials.The EPA said Monday the Caldwell facility of Rhodes...
May 7 2012 // The new owners of natural gas wells in western Idaho say they plan to spend more and drill more to find more gas in Idaho.Snake River Oil and Gas President Richard Brown tells the Idaho Statesman in a story published...
May 7 2012 // The phrase “Go west young man,” may not apply so well to the insurance industry in the nation’s most populous state.An examination of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Economic Development Department data...
May 7 2012 // SIAAHampton, N.H.-based Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance has signed nine new members in the Western United States. The new members include: Farling Insurance Agency of Litchfield Park, Ariz. Baldrica & Company of...
May 4 2012 // The insurance claim seemed straightforward: Jason Preston said his motorcycle was wrecked.His clothing was scuffed up to prove it. But Idaho investigators figured there was something fishy about the Blackfoot man’s...
Apr 30 2012 // A federal lawsuit against the Nampa Police Department in Idaho by three officers has been dismissed following a $189,000 settlement. The Idaho Press-Tribune reported that U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale dismissed the...
Apr 26 2012 // Idaho will receive about $85,000 from two separate Medicaid fraud settlements with prescription drug manufacturers.State Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said Tuesday that a settlement with KV Pharmaceutical will net the...
Apr 25 2012 // Two Idaho midwives have agreed to a $5 million settlement with a couple who sued them for medical malpractice after their baby suffered permanent brain damage, an attorney said.Coleen Goodwin and her daughter, Jerusha...
Apr 24 2012 // The Idaho State Board of Education has decided to keep its requirement that full-time public college and university students have health insurance.The Lewiston Tribune reported that the board on Wednesday decided to reject...