Margaret Carmel - BoiseDev Sr. Reporter
Margaret Carmel is BoiseDev’s Senior Reporter focused on the City of Boise, Ada County, housing, homelessness and more. She has covered the Treasure Valley since 2018. She grew up in six different states, including rural Alaska, with her military family. Margaret previously covered business, government, politics and did investigative journalism in Virginia. She holds journalism degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and Syracuse University. Catch her reading, watching coming of age films or exploring nature in her off hours. You can reach Margaret at [email protected] or 757-705-8066.
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10 Stories from this reporter
Legislature
No deal: Effort to regulate short-term rentals dies on Senate floor
An effort to resolve the ongoing dispute between short-term rental owners and the local governments hoping to regulate them didn't make it out of...
Legislature
‘Squatters bill’ heads to Governor Little’s desk after unanimous Senate vote
Both sides of the rotunda signed off on a piece of legislation giving homeowners more power to remove unwanted people living on their properties.
On...
Legislature
Bill blocking local regulations of short-term rentals heads to Senate, with changes planned
Local governments could have less say over short-term rental regulations if a bill from a North Idaho legislator makes it over the finish line....
Legislature
‘Squatters bill’ criminalizing false leases, selling property with falsified documents passes the House
A bill that would give property owners new recourse to remove squatters from their property and punish those who try and use false documents...
Legislature
House Speaker pitches $100 million for smaller property tax relief package
Three years after the passage of a hefty property tax relief package, it's time to renegotiate the path forward.
On Tuesday, Speaker of the...
Legislature
House GOP leader looks at grocery tax credit changes, but grocery sales tax remains untouched, for now
A new bill would give Idahoans more money back for their groceries but would keep the state's practice of taxing food sales.
On Monday, Majority...
Donnelly
Short-term rental owners file suit against City of McCall over Airbnb ordinance
A group of short-term rental owners is taking the City of McCall to court over its ordinance imposing occupancy limits and requirements on vacation...
McCall
Settlement reached in lawsuit over denied Trident Holdings’ McCall land swap proposal
A long-running lawsuit over a failed development proposal in Valley County is over.
In June, attorneys for Boise developer Trident Holdings and the Idaho...
Transportation
ITD’s Smiths Ferry Idaho 55 project won’t be done on time and price tag continues to increase
The price tag for a years-long project to widen a curvy section of Idaho Highway 55 near Smiths Ferry has increased again, this time...
Transportation
Engineering firm tells Little ‘the project corridor is safe’ in letter on Idaho 55 project
A third-party engineer who consulted on the Idaho Highway 55 project wrote a letter to Governor Brad Little declaring the corridor safe for the...
