A lawsuit challenging the "don't ask, don't tell" law regarding gays in the military has been filed in federal court in Boise, seeking a temporary restraining order to keep a decorated Iraq veteran from being discharged from the military, and asking to declare the law…
A Salt Lake City real estate investment company that's had issues of its own over an eastern Idaho real estate development says it's put in an offer to buy the bankrupt Tamarack Resort, the AP reports. Pelorus Group owner JT Bramlette told the AP he…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick is donating his frequent flyer miles to the widow of Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker so she can attend his burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Baker, who belatedly…
Former Coeur d'Alene restaurant owner Tom Sullivan, now an eastern Idaho resident and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, will return to his former establishment in North Idaho on Friday for a free campaign benefit concert featuring Too Slim and the Taildraggers. The former…
Idaho Republican Party Executive Director Jonathan Parker says he thinks Rep. Walt Minnick's flier to voters about new voter I.D. requirements crosses the line into a campaign mailing, but Minnick strongly disagrees and notes that House rules for franking, or taxpayer-funded mailings, specifically permit mailings…
The Idaho Republican Party is criticizing Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick for sending 100,000 fliers to Idaho voters Aug. 3 to inform them about Idaho's new voter I.D. law, which now requires voters to show photo I.D. at the polls when they go to vote; the…
Despite high-profile boosts for incumbent Rep. Walt Minnick in the past week, from an Associated General Contractors endorsement to being the first Democrat since 2006 named a "Taxpayer Hero" by the Citizens Against Government Waste, Minnick's underfunded GOP challenger, Raul Labrador, is confident. "It's a…
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