Idaho’s May 27 election is not just the primary election – it’s also the final say on the non-partisan contest for the Idaho Supreme Court. Two seats on the high court are up for a vote this year, and one is a contested race, between…
The Idaho Republican Party’s lawsuit against the state of Idaho seeking to close the state’s primary elections has been sitting in federal court for a month, but the state hasn’t responded. The reason? They’ve never been served with the lawsuit. “As best as I can…
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig’s retirement has prompted something of a ballot rush, with eight Republicans, two Democrats, two independents and a Libertarian vying for the chance to replace Craig in the U.S. Senate.Idaho’s primary election is May 27, but many voters – particularly in Kootenai…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden today announced an agreement between Facebook and Idaho, along with 48 other states and the District of Columbia, to provide new safeguards to protect children on the popular social networking site from sexual predators and inappropriate content. “I look forward…
The Idaho Republican Party has issued a press release criticizing Democratic congressional candidate Walt Minnick’s campaign event today, at which Minnick made up the difference to allow motorists to buy gas at a Boise Chevron station for $2.26 a gallon, instead of the posted $3.59.…
In response to Democratic challenger Walt Minnick’s wildly popular discount-gas campaign event today, GOP Rep. Bill Sali’s spokesman, Wayne Hoffman, said, “It sounds to me as if he (Minnick) has signed on to the same energy policy Democrats have adopted, which has resulted in the…
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig joined officials from the French company Areva today to announce that the firm has chosen eastern Idaho as the location for its next uranium enrichment plant. Craig called Areva “a world-class nuclear company,” and said, “It is a phenomenal opportunity for…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Larry LaRocco’s campaign headquarters in Boise was broken into over the weekend, but apparently nothing was stolen. The campaign reported that Boise Police are investigating the break-in, which occurred mid-day, just past noon on Saturday. “We will not know whether this…
Two years ago, Idaho Lt. Gov. Jim Risch demanded that he be able to appear alone on the “Idaho Debates,” sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Idaho Press Club and Idaho Public Television, answer questions, and then leave the studio before his opponent appeared.…
Incidentally, American Ecology Corp., the company bringing the contaminated sand from Kuwait to Idaho, also employs a prominent Boise lobbyist to represent the firm in the Idaho Legislature, Roy Eiguren.
A major annual study of “entrepreneurial activity rates” has Idaho tied for first place as the most entrepreneurial state in the nation. Idaho shares the top honors with the District of Columbia and Arizona, and is followed by second-ranked Tennessee and Louisiana. Ranking the lowest…
How is it that 6,700 tons of sand contaminated with depleted uranium and lead – 80 rail cars worth – is coming all the way from Kuwait to Idaho, destined for a hazardous waste dump 70 miles southeast of Boise? The AP reports that American…
Idaho U.S. Senate candidate Richard Phenneger of Post Falls says he’s loaned his campaign “almost $100,000,” but his fundraising is picking up and he’s starting to pay off the loan. He financed his campaign “with a lot of my own money to start with on…
Idaho Democrats believe the 2008 election is the party’s best shot to finally regain a congressional seat — a hope bolstered by recent fundraising reports that show freshman GOP Congressman Bill Sali owes more money than what he has in the bank, reports Erica Curless.…
Idaho Rep. Bill Sali sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice today asking Rice to delay the opening of a Mexican consulate in Boise. Sali expressed concern that a consulate could aid illegal aliens, saying it could help them get ID cards that…
Federal prosecutors filed their response today to a motion filed by the media to keep court proceedings in the Joseph Duncan case open to the public. In it, the prosecutors argued that the courtroom should be closed during any testimony from young victim Shasta Groene…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s communications director, Mark Warbis, is warning state agencies that they must inform his office of “ALL media inquiries,” and that Warbis must review any agency press release before it’s sent out if it’s anything “that might be controversial at all.” In…
If you go by his campaign website, Idaho U.S. Senate candidate Bill Hunter certainly appears to be a Nevada resident. Though born and raised in Idaho, Hunter writes on his site, “for the past eighteen years I have lived and worked as a civil engineer…
Idahoans have to remove their studded snow tires before May 1 – that’s Thursday. Some of our neighboring states, however, required studded tires to be removed a month ago. In Utah, Oregon and Washington, studded tires had to be off by March 31st. Nevada matches…
At Idaho’s official state ceremony for Arbor Day today, a group of 4th, 5th and 6th graders from Taft Elementary School in Boise read poems they wrote about trees, state Controller Donna Jones signed a giant check to represent the $26.9 million in forest receipts…
Among Lt. Gov. Jim Risch’s campaign meetings in Washington, D.C. today for his U.S. Senate campaign is a luncheon fundraiser hosted by two D.C. lobbyists, Jeffrey Kimbell and Rick Murphy. The event, from 12-1:30, costs $1,500 for a PAC or $1,000 for an individual, according…
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig says he’s just as effective a senator now as he was before an airport restroom sex sting scandal prompted a storm of national criticism, an almost-resignation and the loss of his senior committee positions. “There probably was a short period of…
In court filings today arguing various points about killer Joseph Duncan’s request to act as his own attorney in his death penalty hearing, defense attorneys made a passing reference to “his decision to decline to put on any mitigating evidence.” This decision, not yet detailed…
Prosecutors have filed arguments saying there’s no legal reason why killer Joseph Duncan shouldn’t be able to serve as his own attorney in his death sentence hearings, but defense attorneys are raising a number of concerns. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge said he’ll decide this…
U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge called the parties back into court this afternoon and said it appears they won’t be able to find a local evaluator to do the necessary mental evaluation of Joseph Duncan – so the alternative is sending him to the Bureau…
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