A Boise man who recently registered to run for governor in 2018 using a local homeless shelter as his address is in the Ada County Jail, after turning himself in over the weekend on a probation violation. According to Ada County jail records, Troy Minton, 39, also was served with a warrant for an additional charge of petit theft...
This year’s legislative session certainly felt extremely long – endless, at times – but according to the Sine Die Report, which is now out, it was actually the fourth-shortest session in the past 10 years. The 80-day session was five days longer than last year’s…
In the wake of the attack by three white football players on a black, mentally disabled teammate at Dietrich High School in 2015, an array of advocacy organizations are coming together in an effort to “help foster communities and schools where everyone feels safe, valued…
The American Beverage Institute has placed an eye-catching full-page ad in the Idaho Statesman today, headlined: “UTAH: COME FOR VACATION, LEAVE ON PROBATION,” picturing a mock mug shot of a young woman charged in Salt Lake County for the crime of “had one drink with…
1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador’s second town-hall meeting in two weeks, held last night in Nampa, drew a crowd of about 350, and health care issues dominated the questions. Labrador expressed support for a border wall on the Mexican border, saying, “I am for…