The “Keep Idaho Elections Accountable” campaign has filed its campaign finance report, showing that it raised $97,590 for its campaign for a ballot initiative to reduce the role of money in Idaho politics, from lobbying to campaign donations. The group spent $86,582 on its signature-gathering...
Sen. Shawn Keough’s campaign finance report is a whopping 31 pages long, showing that she’s raised $76,931 in campaign contributions since Jan. 1 for her re-election bid. Keough, R-Sandpoint, is a 10-term senator and co-chair of the Legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, who is being…
Two candidates for state offices in the May 17 election are filing amended reports and returning contributions, after inadvertently running afoul of the Sunshine Law’s restrictions on donations from related entities, according to the Idaho Secretary of State’s office – including a candidate for the...
Games are afoot in attempts to evade Idaho’s Sunshine Law, as a series of related companies controlled by eastern Idaho businessman Doyle Beck and attorney and former congressional candidate Bryan Smith are funneling large sums of money into several GOP legislative challengers’ campaigns in advance…
Idaho school districts could be out close to $2 million, thanks to the continuing fallout from the failed Idaho Education Network, reports Kevin Richert of Idaho EdNews. Fifty-seven school districts and charter schools could stand to lose out on “e-rate” money – federally administered dollars…
The Idaho Farm Bureau Federation’s endorsement of Curt McKenzie for an Idaho Supreme Court opening has raised some eyebrows, as the Farm Bureau is a nonprofit, which typically means an organization can’t support or oppose any candidate for public office. But Farm Bureau spokesman John...
Rep. Eric Redman, R-Athol, has filed his campaign finance report, and it shows he’s raised more than four times as much for his re-election campaign as his GOP primary challenger, Alan Littlejohn. However, though Redman reported receiving $10,550 in contributions between Jan. 1 and May…
With the primary election just a week away, the PAC money is flying, all around the state and on all sides of the political spectrum. Here’s just a sampling: Doyle Beck of Idaho Falls donated $8,270 to the Republican Liberty Caucus PAC on May 7;...
Idaho will receive $450,024 under a settlement announced today by Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, to settle allegations that a drug company knowingly underpaid rebates owed through Medicaid from 2001 to 2006. The case involves Wyeth, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc., which was the…
Jason West, a chiropractor from Pocatello, has raised a whopping $42,986 for his run in the GOP primary against Rep. Kelley Packer, R-McCammon, who’s been targeted this year by the Idaho Freedom Foundation after she sharply criticized the lobbying group. Packer is an office manager...
According to the latest campaign finance reports, GOP primary challenger Megan Blanksma has raised more than $28,000 since Jan. 1 for her campaign for the House seat now held by Rep. Pete Nielsen, R-Mountain Home, while Nielsen has raised just $2,920 in the same time…
A newly released national study underscores Idaho’s low graduation rates at its alternative and virtual high schools, writes Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News. GradNation, a Washington, D.C.-based coalition that is pushing for a 90 percent national graduation rate by 2020, found that slightly more…
In an unusual move, the Boise County Republican Central Committee has placed a paid ad in a local newspaper, the Idaho World, endorsing Dorothy Moon in her GOP primary challenge to state Rep. Merrill Beyeler, R-Leadore. The ad, with the heading “Boise County Republicans Unanimously…
The Idaho Secretary of State’s office has made a preliminary determination that an amended campaign finance report from legislative candidate M.C. “Chick” Heileson appears to be in compliance with state law limiting contributions from related companies, but it will continue to look further into the…
Idaho 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador was quizzed about presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump by Wolf Blitzer on CNN on Friday afternoon, and Labrador said he’s in the camp of those who will “support” but not “endorse” Trump at this point. He also derided…
Idaho Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, filed her campaign finance report, and it shows that of the $6,200 in campaign contributions she’s raised since Jan. 1, just one contribution for $250 came from within her district; that was from KBC Transport LLC of Kooskia. All the...
Here’s an oddity: North Idaho legislative candidate Alan Littlejohn’s pre-primary campaign finance report says his campaign got a $100 contribution from “Lordship Church” in Athol. Typically, churches don’t contribute to partisan political campaigns, as it would endanger their tax-free status. But Lordship Church, according to…
Idaho sportsmen have been buzzing about Gov. Butch Otter’s decision to make two current Idaho Fish & Game commissioners reapply for their positions, rather than reappointing them; Otter announced last week that he’s accepting applications for the two commission seats, now held by Mark Doerr…
Among the mysteries of this year’s primary elections in Idaho is the candidate running for a District 4 legislative seat in Coeur d’Alene whose name is “Turns to the East.” The mystery: Why is that his name? After repeated inquiries, East, who legally changed his…
Here's a report from the Associated Press on tonight's Idaho Supreme Court debate, in which four candidates for the state's highest court debated judicial philosophy, endorsements, ethics and the role of the court. The debate was televised statewide on Idaho Public TV; it can be…
Late this afternoon, legislative candidate M.C. “Chick” Heileson filed an amended campaign finance report, removing four previously reported $1,000 contributions to his campaign from companies owned by eastern Idaho businessman Doyle Beck – suggesting he’d given that money back – but keeping two others in.…
Tonight at 8, viewers across the state will have the opportunity to see all four of the candidates for the Idaho Supreme Court debate head-to-head as part of the “Idaho Debates” on Idaho Public Television. The four hopefuls – Rupert attorney Robyn Brody, Court of...
Just in time for Mother's Day, the Peregrine Fund reports that two chicks hatched in a Peregrine falcon nesting box high atop a downtown Boise office building yesterday. Thus far, the newborn chicks look like white fluffballs, the fund reports, but within the next six…
Chief Deputy Idaho Secretary of State Tim Hurst said the Secretary of State’s office will be looking into an apparent attempt to evade campaign finance limits by Doyle Beck, who gave a series of $1,000 contributions to legislative candidate M.C. “Chick” Heileson from related companies…
“Idaho Gives,” yesterday’s one-day, statewide fundraising blitz for Idaho charities, raised $1.05 million, organizers report. “We are exceedingly grateful to our sponsors and partners for leading the way and motivating greater giving and generous donors who provided more than 13,000 donations,” said Amy Little, executive…
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