Lt. Gov. Brad Little is the latest gubernatorial candidate to voluntarily release information on his financial assets. Idaho is one of just two states that don’t require elected officeholders to disclose any of their personal financial information. Yet the topic has become a key talking point for Idaho’s 2018 gubernatorial race after first-time...
Orval Hansen was remembered this afternoon by several hundred friends, family members and well-wishers at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Boise, in a service that closed with the stirring singing of his favorite song, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.” Hansen, a former three-term Idaho congressman, was an attorney…
Second-term Idaho state Rep. Don Cheatham, R-Post Falls, announced today that he’ll run for the open Senate seat in his district that’s being vacated by current Sen. Bob Nonini’s run for lieutenant governor in 2018. “I really like the House,” Cheatham said. “The Senate, I…
Three-term Idaho Congressman Orval Hansen, who died Nov. 2 at the age of 91, is lying in state in the rotunda of the state Capitol this morning; among those paying their respects so far are Lt. Gov. Brad Little; former Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice…
State Board of Education officials are searching for a new spokesperson and legislative affairs officer, just seven weeks before the start of the 2018 session, Idaho EdNews reports. Blake Youde announced Thursday that he is voluntarily leaving the State Board position to work in the…
David Leroy, whose Boise home is in the 2nd Congressional District, says he's moving to Eagle and will be living in the district where he's running for Congress before the May primary. "I intend to be voting for myself," he said...
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