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Idaho dumps juvenile tanning bill

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 8:47am

BOISE, Idaho -- Concerns about industry regulation and usurping parental control scuttled legislation intended to reduce skin cancer rates in Idaho.

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Idaho bill makes it a crime for juveniles to commercially tan

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 7:13am

BOISE, Idaho -- House lawmakers hope to stem the growing number of fatal skin cancer cases by regulating underage use of commercial tanning beds.

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Idaho moves to ban texting while driving

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 8:46am

BOISE, Idaho -- After discussing the problem for years, House lawmakers sent "a strong message" Tuesday and banned texting while driving on a 53-17 vote.

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Idaho Senate OKs controversial ultrasound requirement

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 3:13pm

BOISE, Idaho -- Prompting references to Jesus and George Orwell, a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound exam before getting an abortion was approved on a 23-12 vote Monday.

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Hunters track big game bills through Idaho Legislature

Eric Barker Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 9:14am

BOISE, Idaho -- Hunters concerned that game animals may be evolving from a public resource to a private commodity are nervously watching a pair of bills in the Idaho Legislature.

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Ethics bills on Idaho lawmakers' agenda

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 5:02pm

BOISE -- Legislative leaders say they're hoping to adjourn the 2012 session by March 23, but some major issues still need to be resolved.

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Scott Knight, a supporter of the Occupy Boise movement,shovels snow from the tent encampment on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. About two dozen supporters of the Occupy movement that's erected tents on state property listened quietly as House Majority Leader Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, introduced a measure to evict them from the site across from the Capitol. (AP Photo/John Miller)

Idaho lawmakers target Occupy Boise with anti-camping bill

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 12:20pm

BOISE, Idaho -- Does the public's right to assemble and protest extend to pitching tents and holding cookouts on the capitol mall?

That's a question the House State Affairs Committee will address this morning, when it votes on a bill to prohibit camping on state property outside of designated campgrounds.

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Economists bash Idaho tax relief plan

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 11:28am

BOISE, Idaho -- Two Idaho economists painted an unflattering picture of tax relief Tuesday, prompting outcries from lawmakers who see it as an opportunity to spur job growth.

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