In a testy debate Monday night, Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador clashed repeatedly with his Democratic challenger, James Piotrowski, over everything from public lands to congressional gridlock. “I think we need to remember that gridlock is a part of Congress,” Labrador said, after Piotrowski criticized…
The latest campaign finance reports are in for 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador and his Democratic challenger, James Piotrowski, who will debate tonight on live TV on Channel 7-2 in Boise, starting at 8 p.m. MT. Surprisingly, the third-term congressman was actually out-raised during…
Longtime Idaho state lawmaker and former journalist Ken Robison died Sunday at age 79 after a long illness, the Idaho Statesman reports today. Robison was the editorial page editor of the Idaho Statesman from 1967 to 1977, and served in the Idaho Legislature for 20…
As part of an ongoing dispute between Senate Resources Committee Chairman Steve Bair, R-Blackfoot, and the Idaho Fish & Game Commission over Bair’s support for special hunting tags that would be auctioned off to the highest bidder, the Idaho Wildlife Federation today released...
A central Oregon man who put poison on a deer carcass in a central Idaho wilderness leading to the death of a wolf and a dog has been sentenced to 10 days in jail and ordered to pay $10,000 to reimburse the state for investigative costs. The Idaho Mountain Express reports that Tim Clemens of Hines, Oregon, pleaded guilty earlier this month...
Wondering what’s a public document, and what’s not? What’s supposed to be open? Since 2004, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and Idahoans for Openness in Government (IDOG) have been holding open government workshops around the state to help answer these questions, and they’re coming to eastern Idaho this week...