Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, is urging support for HJR 5, the administrative rules constitutional amendment on the November ballot. “Without the ability of the legislature to approve or reject agency rules, you the voters have no one to hold accountable for agencies not following what…
Idaho officials moved forward Tuesday with their plan to add more forests to state endowment lands. The Idaho Land Board voted to consider buying about 1,400 acres in northern Idaho near St. Maries from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The land has an appraised value of $4.6 million...
James Piotrowski, the Democratic challenger to 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador, said today that he’s not a socialist, but he described himself as one in a February tweet to make a point to supporters of then-presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, a self-described socialist. “I’ve been…
During last night’s 1st District congressional debate, GOP Rep. Raul Labrador went after his Democratic challenger, James Piotrowski, saying, “He’s not a moderate,” and reading a tweet that Piotrowski sent from his personal Twitter account in February of this year. The tweet: “@BernieSanders this tweet cost you the vote of this lifelong...
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...
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo, who was among the first U.S. senators to disavow Donald Trump last weekend and call for him to step aside as the GOP presidential nominee, said in a televised debate Friday night that he might still vote for Trump. Meanwhile, his Democratic challenger, Jerry Sturgill, said he’ll back Clinton “because she is the better...
Tonight on Idaho Public Television’s “Idaho Reports,” Sen. Mike Crapo and his Democratic challenger, Jerry Sturgill, will appear together for a discussion moderated by co-host Melissa Davlin. On Monday, KTVB-TV will host a debate between 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador and his Democratic challenger,…
The latest campaign finance reports from the race between Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, and Democratic challenger Kate McAlister of Sandpoint show McAlister out-raising the outspoken first-term incumbent. McAlister, president of the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce, raised $16,831 in the most recent reporting period, and…
Idaho EdNews dug through more than 130 of the latest Idaho legislative campaign finance reports filed this week, and compiled a top-10 list based on total contributions during the latest filing period. While acknowledging that doesn’t count cash on hand, which for incumbents can be…
The two candidates for an open Idaho Supreme Court seat have raised roughly equally amounts for their campaigns since their four-way primary race, but most of candidate Curt McKenzie’s funds came from his own pocket, while Robyn Brody drew contributions from an array of individuals…
Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo and his Democratic challenger, Jerry Sturgill, will appear together on “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television this Friday night, for a half-hour discussion moderated by Idaho Reports Co-Host Melissa Davlin. Crapo, Idaho's senior senator, is seeking a fourth six-year term…
A North Idaho man who assumed another person’s identity and moved to Tensed, Idaho to evade his sentence on a 2000 Colorado conviction for sexual assault of a child has been sentenced to federal prison for aggravated identity theft. Kevin John Weinreis, 50, of Tensed,…
Tamarack Resort at Donnelly has been acquired by its homeowners association, who announced today that they will operate the ski and summer resort after they “successfully acquired substantially all of the assets.” That included paying off back taxes to avoid the auction of chairlifts, a...
Idaho state school Superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s new chief policy officer, Duncan Robb, isn’t employed by the state Department of Education, Idaho EdNews reports, even though Ybarra announced in April that Robb was joining her team with a salary of $100,000. Instead, Robb is employed by…
Just a handful of Democratic candidates are outraising their Republican opponents in legislative races, the AP reports, according to the first campaign finance reports since post-primary reports were filed in June. AP reporter Kimberlee Kruesi reports that Democratic challenger Steve Berch of Boise has substantially…
1st District GOP Congressman Raul Labrador, who did no TV advertising in either his 2012 or 2014 campaigns, has launched a new TV campaign commercial that’s running across the 1st Congressional District, including in the Boise and Lewiston broadcast markets as well as on DirectTV…
Jerry Sturgill, the Democrat challenging Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo, has been running two new TV campaign commercials, but only with very limited airings in Boise. Both are critical of Crapo, one over his vote against major education legislation, and the other charging that Crapo...
Idaho's pro-business lobby says Republican state Rep. Heather Scott has one of the worst voting records on supporting commerce and has decided to throw its support behind her Democratic opponent. Kate McAlister is the only non-incumbent the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry has endorsed during this year's general election...
James Piotrowski, 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador’s Democratic challenger, had this comment today: “I can't understand why it took Congressman Labrador four days to denounce Trump's comments about sexual assault. It clearly demonstrates that Rep. Labrador continues to value political ideology over basic humanity or…
Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador has decided to stick with supporting Donald Trump for president. While saying he found Trump’s statements about women “indefensible ,” Labrador said, “Right now Hillary Clinton is a greater threat to our national well-being than Donald Trump.” Here is Labrador’s…
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