On tonight’s “Idaho Reports” program on Idaho Public Television, I join Jim Weatherby, Kevin Richert, and co-hosts Melissa Davlin and Aaron Kunz for a discussion of a wild week in Idaho politics. Yes, there’s some mention of that much-talked-about gubernatorial debate. The show airs at…
Both Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and his Republican challenger, state Sen. Russ Fulcher, have launched new TV commercials in the final days leading up to Tuesday’s election, but Fulcher’s contains two false claims and an exaggeration. Fulcher’s ad, titled “It’s Time,” recites a litany of…
Idaho Falls Post Register reporter Bryan Clark analyzed overall contributions to state candidates that have been entered into the state's campaign finance database so far this year, and found nearly $590,000 in out-of-state contributions, an amount that already exceeds out-of-state contributions at this time of…
Close to 200 people gathered on the steps of the Ada County Courthouse today for what was originally planned as a celebration of the start of legal gay marriage in Idaho, but thanks to a 9th Circuit temporary stay, instead became a feel-good gathering supporting…
This Idaho Public TV photo, by Jim Hadley, shows my facial expression as one of the three reporters on the panel for this week’s Idaho gubernatorial debate. The antics of perennial candidates Harley Brown and Walter Bayes in the debate that otherwise was between two-term…
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