Politics & Goverment

BOISE, ID – Voters in ten states including Idaho choose their Republican presidential candidate tomorrow as part of Super Tuesday.  It’s “Super” because more than 400 delegates will be divided up.  Scott Ki reports on how Idaho’s GOP delegates stack up with other states.

BOISE, ID – Idaho Republicans are getting ready for Tuesday evening’s presidential caucus.  GOP leaders in each county run their own show.  Canyon County’s will be held at the Idaho Center.

Once inside the main doors of the Idaho Center, every voter checks in.  They must be registered as Republicans to participate.  They can do so on site.   Brandon Hixon is in charge of Canyon County’s GOP presidential caucus.  He says each participant gets a slip of paper that allows them one token for each round of voting.  This is how they’ll vote.

BOISE, ID – Voters in ten states including Idaho choose their Republican presidential candidate tomorrow as part of Super Tuesday.  It’s “Super” because more than 400 delegates will be divided up.  Scott Ki reports on how Idaho’s GOP delegates stack up with other states.

BOISE, ID – Governor Butch Otter’s $5 million jobs plan got a boost Thursday.  A state Senate committee agreed to send IGEM to the full Senate for a vote.

Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission, or IGEM, is meant to bring companies, universities, and labs together to move research into the marketplace.  It’s based on a Utah program called USTARS.  But Governor Butch Otter says his office also looked at similar initiatives in Texas, Colorado, and Virginia.

BOISE, ID – At least thirty five states ban texting while driving according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.  Idaho lawmakers are working on a bill to join that list.  But the House Transportation Committee decided Tuesday to consider some changes.

BOISE, ID – National Park Service officials cleared out Occupy D.C. earlier this month.  Only a few tents stand there now as part of 24-hour vigils.  Camping, sleeping, and cooking are banned.  Something similar is unfolding in Idaho with Occupy Boise.

We introduced you to Occupy Boise member Mike Dooley earlier this month.  The 22-year old used to live in a homeless shelter, but found the protest movement more to his liking.  Now, Dooley spends his days at Occupy meetings and developing his photography skills.

BOISE, ID – Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney outlined his economic plan today on the home turf of the Detroit Lions football team in Michigan.  In Idaho, Governor Butch Otter and U.S. Senator Jim Risch spoke by phone to support Romney’s plan.

Governor Butch Otter and U.S. Senator Jim Risch co-chair the Mitt Romney for President campaign in Idaho.  This is the second time this month they’ve arranged a phone call to tout his ideas.  They support Romney’s plan to jump-start the nation’s economy.  Senator Risch says it allows businesses to create more jobs.

BOISE, ID – Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney visited Boise today for a private lunch and public rally.  More than twelve hundred people turned out for that rally at a company that makes modular housing projects.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney played up his business credentials at his Boise rally.