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• Redistricting in Idaho historically sore subject

  September 25, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Recent calls by majority Republicans in Idaho to put lawmakers back in charge of drawing new legislative districts overlook the angst, delays, multiple court battles and “poisoned” legislative … 1

• Redistricting fight heads into court

  September 8, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Republican redistricting commissioners sued their own panel Wednesday over the Idaho board’s failure to agree on new election maps and said they may seek to pay their legal …

• GOP, Ysursa ask for court review of redistricting

  September 7, 2011 in Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has asked the Idaho Supreme Court to intervene after the state’s six-member redistricting panel failed to agree on new election maps by Tuesday’s deadline.

• Eye on Boise: Recruiting letter leans heavily on Otter’s name

  September 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page B7 BOISE – Of all the odd things to find in my mailbox, there was a letter from Gov. Butch Otter addressed to Ben Ysursa, who happens to be Idaho’s secretary …

• Land Board’s PR agent well known among GOP

  December 26, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho’s state Land Board has paid more than a quarter-million dollars since 2007 to one of the state’s top Republican operatives for a public relations campaign, but officials …

• Land Board has plan for Idaho cabin sites

  December 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho’s state Land Board wants public comments on a plan to get the state out of the business of renting lots for lakefront cabins – and give the …

• New lake-site leases in Idaho unconstitutional

  December 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden won a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking new leases for state-owned lake cabin sites, including 355 at Priest Lake, arguing that the state’s whole …

• State patrol escorts for loads OK’d in ’09

  October 20, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – State records show that Idaho’s top three elected officials signed off in June 2009 on a plan to have ExxonMobil pay state patrol officers to accompany oversize truckloads …

• Eye on Boise: Spirited debate in race for Secretary of State

  October 17, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – They may be lower-profile state offices, but there were lively debates last week in the races for Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of State Ben Ysursa …

• GOP argues for closed primary in Idaho

  October 14, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – The Idaho Republican Party finally got its chance Wednesday to make a case for scrapping the state’s open primary, which they say allows Democratic voters to unfairly influence … 1

• Hayden man to challenge Hart as write-in candidate

  August 19, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 A Hayden businessman has filed to run as a write-in candidate against Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, saying Hart’s tax woes prompted him to jump into the race against a fellow … 2

• Editorial: Ysursa’s act deserves kudos – and more teeth

  June 10, 2010 in Opinion on Page A11 When Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa handed down two fines for campaign disclosure violations last week, he closed his letters by reminding the organizations involved that he’s serious about …

• Idaho students favor Obama in mock election

  October 28, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho high school seniors who participated in a statewide mock election picked Democrat Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States. In other results that …

• State hopes young-voter turnout keeps rising

  September 18, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Turnout among Idaho’s youngest voters is on the rise, and Secretary of State Ben Ysursa wants that to continue. “The idea is to get young adults interested and …