Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Blue Cross in Mont., Idaho Buying Benefit Admin Company
Apr 12 2012 // Cross and Blue Shield of Montana along with Blue Cross of Idaho are buying an Idaho company that provides health products and employee-benefit administration services and merging it with a similar Montana company. The...
Settlement Reached In Idaho Nuclear Project Lawsuit
Apr 11 2012 // The head of a company seeking to build a nuclear power plant in Idaho has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve a lawsuit with a group of angry shareholders. Shareholders of Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. sued company...
Radioactive Particles Found On Idaho Lab Debris
Apr 10 2012 // Federal officials are investigating and taking precautionary measures after a contractor found radioactive particles on construction debris at the Idaho National Laboratory advanced test reactor complex in southeastern...
Judge Rules Lowe’s Suit Can Proceed Against Idaho
Apr 3 2012 // A federal judge has ruled in favor of former Idaho Transportation Director Pamela Lowe on a key legal question of her wrongful termination lawsuit against the state. U.S. District Judge Ronald Bush in a decision filed...
N. Idaho Train Derailment Blamed On Soggy Ground
Apr 2 2012 // A Union Pacific spokesman says a southbound train derailed eight miles north of Sandpoint in northern Idaho after saturated soil gave way beneath a 350-foot section of track. Aaron Hunt says no hazardous materials spilled...
Idaho Governor Signs Electronic Proof of Coverage Law
Mar 28 2012 // Idaho became the first state in the nation on Wednesday to enact legislation to allow motorists to use a smart phone to demonstrate proof of insurance coverage. Gov. Butch Otter signed Senate Bill 1319, which enables Idaho...
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...
