A hearing that started at 1 this afternoon stretched into the evening tonight, as condemned killer Paul Ezra Rhoades pressed for a last-minute reprieve from his execution, scheduled for next Friday. The Associated Press reports that after the arguments, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush said…
A 2009 law passed by the Idaho Legislature drew complaints from voters in Tuesday's city elections that they were forced to drive miles outside their cities to personally cast absentee ballots; Secretary of State Ben Ysursa is considering backing changes in the law as a…
I just got back to Boise from Moscow, where I spoke at a symposium at the University of Idaho entitled "Open Access: Citizens, Media & Government," sponsored by the University of Idaho School of Journalism and Mass Media, with support from the McClure Center for…
Former state Rep. Allen Andersen, D-Pocatello, has died of an apparent heart attack, the Idaho State Journal reports. Andersen co-chaired the first Idaho redistricting commission this year; he was 67 years old. Andersen was a retired high school math teacher and ISU professor, and served…
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