A new group calling itself the “Integrity in Government PAC” has raised more than $100,000 in the past week for campaign attacks on GOP Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and GOP Attorney General Lawrence Wasden – even though it has ties to two county GOP central…
Today was the deadline for Idaho primary election candidates to file their campaign finance disclosure reports, the only chance voters get before the primary to see who's funding the various campaigns. The reports show that Gov. Butch Otter raised more than $407,500 in the past…
Here's a link to my updated full story at spokesman.com on today's federal court ruling overturning Idaho's ban on same-sex marriage. Unless a higher court intervenes, same-sex couples in Idaho can legally marry starting Friday morning. Just a day earlier, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter had…
Here are some of U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale’s comments in her 57-page decision today overturning Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional: “After careful consideration, the Court finds Idaho’s Marriage Laws unconstitutional. This conclusion reaffirms a longstanding maxim underlying our system of government—a state’s…
Outside the federal courthouse in Boise this evening, attorneys and the four couples who sued successfully to overturn Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban were jubilant. Unless a higher court intervenes – the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals or the U.S. Supreme Court – same-sex couples in…
U.S. District Judge Candy Dale has ruled Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, overturning it. The court’s order takes effect at 9 a.m. on May 16; you can read the judge’s 57-page decision here. “The court’s ruling is a victory not only for the courageous…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has filed a “contingent motion to stay pending appeal” in the same-sex marriage case in federal court, asking that if U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale overturns Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage, she immediately stay her ruling to allow for appeals, including…
Boise State Public Radio reporter Adam Cotterell has a fascinating look at Idaho political history today in his report, “Road to Red: How Idaho Became a One-Party State,” which also was the topic of a BSPR panel discussion last night featuring Idaho GOP Secretary of…
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