By Volkert, Lora Boise Mayor David Bieter met with businesspeople at a Boise networking and leads group, Biznet, last week to discuss the political and business goals he wants to accomplish if he is elected to another term.

By Volkert, Lora The Ada County Highway District and other entities plan to float a new transportation local option tax proposal to the Idaho Legislature next year.

By Volkert, Lora The Ada County Highway District and other entities plan to float a new transportation local option tax proposal to the Idaho Legislature next year.

By Gregory Hahn, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Mar. 31--The Idaho Legislature put an end to two things Friday: The 82-day legislative session and the intrusion of Statehouse politics into highway priorities.

By Gregory Hahn, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Mar. 26--A powerful group of agribusiness interests is one step away from persuading the Idaho Legislature to open more roads in Idaho to heavy trucks. Idaho already allows these 129,000-pound trucks on about 850 miles of roads across southern Idaho.