This morning, the Idaho GOP convention will vote on the recommendations from its four committees: Resolutions, Credentials, Platform and Rules. Then, this afternoon, delegates will elect the next party chairman. In the photo above, from Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports, the roll of delegates is…
As the Idaho Republican Party state convention gets under way this morning, Congressman Raul Labrador, the convention chairman, acknowledged the conflict that’s been roiling the state party confab. As a gesture he said would ensure fairness, he named two, rather than one, parliamentarians to ensure…
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a 2016 GOP presidential prospect, spoke in front of hundreds of Idaho Republicans Friday and urged them to put differences aside as they head into November. Click below for a full report from AP reporter Kimberlee Kruesi.
Here’s a link to my full story at spokesman.com on Raul Labrador becoming a candidate today for majority leader of the U.S. House. Meanwhile, in Idaho, Labrador is chairing the state GOP convention this weekend, where a deep split between establishment Republicans and the tea…
Click below for a full report from AP reporter Kimberlee Kruesi on today's doings at the the Idaho state Republican Party convention, where she reports that pleas for unity in the party were muffled by the sounds of name-calling and pointed accusations from party leaders,…
It was a bit lost in the hubbub over rules and credentials fights, but the platform committee at the Idaho Republican Party convention in Moscow today voted to remove one of the most controversial planks in the party’s platform: The one calling for repeal of…
Idaho Education News reporter Clark Corbin has a report here on education issues that came up today at the state’s Republican Party convention, from a resolution against Common Core standards for student achievement that was strongly opposed by GOP state schools Superintendent Tom Luna, to…
As you might expect, we’ve got lots and lots to talk about on tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television. I join Jim Weatherby, Dan Popkey and co-host Aaron Kunz to discuss Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador’s run for House majority leader, the happenings at the…
Among the interesting tweets this afternoon from the Idaho Republican Party convention (#idgop) after the Credentials Committee voted not to seat the entire Ada County delegation: Idaho Education News reporter Clark Corbin (@clarkcorbin) tweeted, “Ada delegate Ken Burgess says Peterson "clearly, clearly stacked" committees to…
First District Congressman Raul Labrador’s Democratic opponent, state Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, had strong words today about Labrador’s announcement that he’ll run for U.S. House majority leader. “I have to admire Congressman Labrador’s consistency,” Ringo said. “First, he tried to divide Idaho Republicans by backing…
The credentials committee at the Idaho Republican Party state convention has voted overwhelmingly not to seat the Ada County delegation, including alternates, according to Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports, who’s there reporting. The vote followed a long debate that started this morning, broke for lunch,…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "looked good" after arriving back in the United States and is working daily with health professionals after being held by the Taliban for five years in Afghanistan, military officials…
Widely varying turnout around the state meant that of the six legislative incumbents defeated in the May 20 primary, two were turned out of office by just tiny slices of the electorates in their districts. The lowest-turnout races that dumped incumbents were the defeat of…
1st District Congressman Raul Labrador, who is headed to Moscow now to chair the state GOP convention, said he's made his choice for parliamentarian at the convention: Cornel Rasor. The position is key because the parliamentarian helps decide disputes over rules, and there are plenty…
Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador is running for Majority Leader in Congress, he announced to reporters in Boise today, after the defeat of GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary election. “I’m in it to win it,” Labrador said. “I didn’t get into it to…
Idaho GOP convention delegate Geoff Schroeder from Elmore County snapped this photo outside the convention at the Kibbie Dome around 7:30 this morning; the signs say, “Free Speech Area.” Schroeder said he “found it telling given the threatened silencing of the entire Ada County delegation.”…
There are more spectators than committee members at the Credentials Committee meeting this morning at the GOP convention in Moscow in the Kibbie Dome, reports Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports. In the cavernous stadium, “Everyone is having trouble hearing, and there has been some confusion,”…
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee kicked off Idaho's GOP convention tonight, with a talk to hundreds of state delegates charged with selecting a new state chairman and amending the party platform. Huckabee, who is also a former 2008 presidential candidate, received a warm welcome from…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: VICTOR, Idaho (AP) — A small eastern Idaho town near the border with Wyoming has passed an ordinance banning discrimination against a person because of sexual orientation or gender identity. Boise State Public Radio reports in a…
Here are a few more tidbits from the state GOP convention in Moscow, courtesy of Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports; the convention is kicking off today: * Idaho GOP Chairman Barry Peterson announced that he’s asked 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador to serve as chairman…
Up at the Idaho Republican Party convention in Moscow, today’s schedule includes the party’s executive committee meeting, ahead of the big convention activities that run from tonight through Saturday. Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports is there, and reports that there already are plenty of fireworks…
GOP activist Rod Beck has 70 names on his petition to deny credentials to Ada County’s delegation to the Idaho Republican Party convention, which runs through Saturday. Among them: House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star; Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian, and his wife Kara; House Majority…
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is scheduled to arrive in Texas on Friday, the AP reports; the Hailey native has been recuperating at a military hospital in Germany since his rescue after five years of Taliban captivity. Click below for the latest report from the Associated Press.
Idaho's first rabid bat of the year has been confirmed in eastern Idaho, and a teenager who found the injured bat in a local park and was bitten is being treated for rabies exposure, but is expected to be fine. “Rabies is a fatal viral…
Idaho’s gross state product showed the third highest percentage increase in the nation in 2013, up 6.9 percent from the year before, the Idaho Department of Labor reports. The figure rose on the strength of a surge in health care, finance, construction and natural resource…
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