So, who are the “Citizens for HJR 5”? The group just began fundraising on Sept. 30 of this year, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Idaho Secretary of State. Its treasurer is Travis Hawkes, managing partner at Riverwood Strategies in Eagle, which also...
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little has come out in favor of HJR 5, the constitutional amendment on the November ballot that Gov. Butch Otter is opposing. “Unfortunately, we live in an age of bureaucratic expansionism on the federal level that often goes unchecked,” Little wrote…
Why would GOP Rep. Raul Labrador have given campaign contributions to 40 GOP candidates for the Idaho Legislature over a two-day stretch in late October? Labrador’s campaign spokeswoman says he’s “always made it a priority to strengthen and build up the Republican Party in Idaho.”...
Three of four wolves fitted with tracking collars in a central Idaho wilderness area last year by state officials without federal approval are surviving as another winter approaches, the AP reports. The surviving wolves from three different packs are still roaming the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, while an adult female died...
Idaho won’t add its second area code – 986 – until late 2017. But beginning Saturday, Idaho residents can start practicing using an area code for in-state calls, which will become mandatory in August. The second area code is necessary to keep up with the…
The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a man prosecutors say killed his wife's boyfriend in a Meridian parking lot. The Idaho Statesman reports that the Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed an Ada County jury's 2012 conviction of Robert Dean Hall. Prosecutors say Hall fatally shot his wife's boyfriend, Emmett Corrigan...
The two candidates for an open seat on the Idaho Supreme Court had some interesting comments at the forum yesterday, particularly on the subject of judicial demeanor. Candidate Robyn Brody had some pointed remarks about the current court on that score. “Demeanor of the court...
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