A political action committee under investigation in Idaho for suspicious campaign contributions failed to report more than $9,000 in expenditures until the day before the May 17 primary election. The Integrity in Government PAC filed a last-minute independent expenditure report on Monday, detailing spending made over the past week. Idaho law...
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney isn’t offering a turnout prediction for tomorrow’s Idaho primary election, but he is urging people to vote. “I think there are some very interesting local races, some sheriff and county commission races,” he noted. Plus, there’s a four-way Idaho...
Throughout an area of northeast Boise, hand-printed yellow signs by the roadsides tout “Joel Robinson for Precinct Committeeman.” So, what’s that? Political parties have precinct chairs for every voting precinct, who are elected along with other candidates in the primary election, which is tomorrow. And...
Idaho State Treasurer Ron Crane, battered in recent years by charges of padding expenses, excessive state-funded travel and mismanagement of state investments, now faces a wrongful-termination claim that alleges a former deputy was fired for trying to stop some of the office’s excesses, writes Bill…
Remember that federal lawsuit filed against the state by the Idaho Freedom Foundation challenging the state’s membership in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, known for the SBAC tests for schoolkids? It was quietly dismissed last month. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill found that the…
In Idaho’s northernmost legislative district, Republican Party politics has been pulled farther to the right in recent years with the rise of the tea party. But now a new element is pushing the party farther still: the arrival of conservative Christian “preppers” fleeing more populated states, who see the region as a “redoubt” – a place to...
A few more 48-hour notices of independent expenditures on campaigns have come in since my last roundup on Friday, from Idaho Freedom Action, targeting Rep. Luke Malek ,R-Coeur d’Alene, with broadcast advertising; and the Republican North Idaho PAC, supporting Malek and candidates Peter Riggs, Paul…
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