Idaho Government

At this point it's still considered a sort of far-fetched idea but it quite literally has Idaho lawmakers listening. Idaho lawmakers were pitched a plan by representatives of a group called Move Oregon’s Border For a Greater Idaho on Monday. The plan is to take a solid chunk of Oregon (about three-fourths of the state) and add it onto Idaho's southwestern border. This would take Idaho's border basically all the way up to the Pacific Ocean and would create the U.S.'s third-largest state geographically.

In its original form, Senate Bill 1111 was intended to fix a law enacted last year. The bill, from Senate President Pro-Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise, and Rep. Joe Palmer, R-Meridian, was supposed to answer questions remaining from a law that requires cities of more than 100,000 people to elect their city councils by districts. The law lacked direction on who would draw districts and when they would take effect. SB 1111 provided guidance on both.