IMMIGRATION & PUBLIC SAFETY ICE Activity in Southern Idaho ICE and federal authorities were active in southern Idaho yesterday. There were several detentions in Nampa and Canyon County. Although there has been no official comment, a multi-hour operation was observed Wednesday outside a motel in Malta. There was an operation on West Avenue G in…

STATE GOVERNMENT — APPOINTMENTS Governor Brad Little Appoints Don Hall to District 25 House Seat AGovernor Brad Little has appointed Don Hall to the District 25 House Seat A, filling the vacancy left by Lance Clow. Hall, the Twin Falls County Commission Chairman and former Twin Falls Mayor, has a long record of community service…

EDUCATION & OVERSIGHT A new legislative watchdog report says the Idaho Home Learning Academy shifted more than $20 million in state-funded salary money to private vendors, who then distributed nearly $13 million in supplemental payments to families — some spent on items like private school classes and paddleboards. The report urges new safeguards as lawmakers…