North Idaho Rep. Eric Redman, R-Athol, has announced that he won’t seek re-election after his current term ends next year. “I’m going to term-limit myself,” said Redman, who’s in his second two-year term. “I would be 73 in my third term, and I just feel that’s plenty old...
Jonathan Parker will be the next Idaho Republican Party chairman after a vote Saturday. Elected by secret ballot where voters scribbled down a candidate’s first name, Parker – the party’s former executive director – could not attend the GOP general session on Saturday because he was called away Friday on an urgent family matter.
In my Sunday column: Idaho's distinction for lacking financial disclosure laws, now that we're one of just two states without them; Otter on grocery tax decision; the money race for 1st CD; and Yates launches bid for lieutenant governor, joining crowded race...
With 10 months to go until the Idaho gubernatorial election, the race’s three Republican candidates answered a series of business-centric questions Friday during a forum held at the state GOP’s summer meeting. Convened by the local business community, the intent of the forum was to clarify where each candidate stood on issues...
At the Idaho GOP’s summer central committee meeting over the weekend in Coeur d’Alene, a proposal from Doyle Beck and former state Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls, to bring back the party’s former requirement that all Republican candidates declare their commitment to upholding every plank…
Idaho’s state Department of Agriculture and Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources have announced a cooperative agreement with the Bear Lake Regional Commission through which all three will work together to coordinate anti-invasive species efforts on Bear Lake, including boat inspection stations to check for invasive…
Unemployment in Idaho dropped to 3.1 percent in June, the fourth consecutive month that the seasonally adjusted rate fell; it was 3.2 percent in May, and 3.8 percent in June of 2016. The Idaho Department of Labor reports that while 25,351 Idahoans were listed as...
Residents in rural north-central Idaho have been told to be ready to evacuate due to a 2-square-mile wildfire burning in timber in steep terrain about 40 miles east of McCall. Authorities say the wildfire on Friday is expected to grow due to steep terrain, heavy fuels...
Former state Sen. Curt McKenzie, who drew 46 percent of the vote but lost to Robyn Brody in the last election for an open Idaho Supreme Court seat, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the next opening, to replace retiring Justice Daniel Eismann...
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney has sent out a guest opinion blasting the Idaho Democratic Party for filing a lawsuit over the Trump election integrity commission’s request for Idaho voter information, calling the lawsuit “frivolous” and saying his decision not to turn over any…
Idaho’s state health insurance exchange, Your Health Idaho, hasn’t seen any insurers flee the market, the Idaho Falls Post Register reports today, and instead ranks among the most successful exchanges in the nation in an analysis by the Heritage Foundation. Post Register reporter Bryan Clark…
A tribe says it will seek possession of human bones found protruding from an Idaho badger hole after tests determined they weren’t from modern day homicide victims but belonged to people who lived five centuries ago. Shoshone-Paiute Tribe Chairman Ted Howard said Thursday that Shoshones have occupied...
Fifty people gathered in a Twin Falls meeting room on Tuesday to learn about Idaho’s open meeting and public records laws, in a session led by Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane, and myself as president of Idahoans for Openness in…
Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, tweeted today that he’s “livid” over the Idaho Supreme Court decision yesterday upholding Gov. Butch Otter’s veto of grocery tax repeal legislation; Barbieri was among the 30 lawmakers who sued in an attempt to overturn the veto. In a lengthy…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter issued this statement on the Idaho Supreme Court’s ruling upholding his veto of the grocery tax repeal bill: “I appreciate the Supreme Court’s thorough and scholarly analysis of all the issues involved in this case. I am pleased that my veto…
After keeping her on the campaign payroll since his first term in Congress, Idaho 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador stopped paying his wife, Becca, a $2,022 monthly salary on Jan. 1. Labrador’s campaign confirmed Wednesday that Becca Labrador no longer is being paid to keep the campaign’s books...
The Idaho Council on Indian Affairs, which includes state legislators and officials and tribal leaders, is meeting today at the state Capitol in room WW53; you can listen live here. The meeting runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the agenda includes an update on…
Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday he will not hand over detailed voter information to President Donald Trump's commission on election fraud as part of a settlement with the Idaho Democratic Party, the AP reports. Idaho now joins 17 other states and the District of Columbia also refusing to comply with the commission's request...
The Idaho Supreme Court, in a 4-1 ruling today, upheld Gov. Butch Otter’s veto of legislation removing the state’s 6 percent sales tax on groceries, but also overturned the 1978 ruling in Cenarrusa v. Andrus, finding that all sides in the case were “misconstruing Article...
Steve Yates, former Idaho Republican Party chairman, launched his campaign for lieutenant governor today with an announcement on the state Capitol steps in Boise, to be followed by appearances today in Coeur d’Alene and Idaho Falls. Yates was introduced by Milford Terrell, who lauded Yates’...
Idaho's top Republican leaders are preparing to gather in the state's most conservative region to elect a new party chair and amend key elements of the GOP state platform. The two-day Idaho GOP summer meeting starts Friday in Coeur d'Alene. Currently, the lead candidate for party chairman is Jonathan Parker...
Idaho officials have decided to continue buying timberland and farmland to generate revenue for public schools following a financial consultant's review of the state's reinvestment plan. The Idaho Land Board voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve the plan with a few modifications...
Thanks to legislative action this year in Vermont, Idaho is now one of just two states in the nation with no requirements for personal financial disclosure by state lawmakers or other elected or appointed officials. Idaho had been one of three states with that distinction....
The Idaho governor’s office today issued this statement: “Governor C.L. ‘Butch’ Otter is alert and resting comfortably in Boise’s Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical today, recovering from an infection after undergoing a second back surgery on Friday for a ruptured disc.” Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little…
The first round of campaign finance reports is out in Idaho’s 2018 race for the open 1st Congressional District seat that current Rep. Raul Labrador is leaving to run for governor, and so far, GOP hopefuls David Leroy and Russ Fulcher have been actively raising...
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