Idaho

Membership in the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board is voluntary, but the Supreme Court ruling may serve as an impetus for more states and e-commerce retailers to join.

Just a few Lewiston residents testified Monday night against the city getting judicial approval to issue bonds for upgrades to its wastewater treatment plant, but they were vocal.

Faced with a long list of expensive and necessary upgrades to the city's wastewater treatment plant, Lewiston, Idaho, officials could soon ask a district judge to approve $28 million in bonding authority.

The report illustrates how federal, state and local laws must be changed if the Supreme Court rules in favor of South Dakota and against Wayfair Inc. in an online sales tax case.

Voters in the West Ada School District approved a $95 million bond and approved a renewal of a $14 million levy on Election Day.

North Idaho Rep. Heather Scott's bill to limit repeat bond elections after voters reject them squeaked through the Idaho House on Thursday with a 37-32 vote.

A public facilities bond election that would fund the siting and construction of a Moscow police station at the existing Moscow Recycling Center originally set for this spring has now been scheduled for May 2019.

School districts and other local governments that fail to pass a tax would have to wait a year before asking voters again, under a bill that cleared a state House committee Friday on a party-line vote.

School districts shouldn't be able to keep going back to voters after a bond or levy measure fails at the polls, Rep. Heather Scott told a House committee on Thursday.

Twin Falls County may have an opportunity to bring an event center to the fairgrounds — but voters would have to give it the final OK.