It may be 10 months until the 2018 primary in the race for an open Idaho governor’s seat and 16 months before the general election, but the three leading GOP contenders for the post already have raised more than $1.8 million combined for their campaigns. The reports – the first filed since the contest shaped up into a competitive battle between...
Right at the deadline, the campaign finance reports for the three leading GOP candidates for governor of Idaho are in. Boise physician and developer Tommy Ahlquist raised the most during the reporting period, at a whopping $952,531, including $378,271 of his own money, but he’s...
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little issued this statement today on the proposed premium rate increases for Idaho insurers that was announced today by the state Department of Insurance: “Obamacare continues to wreak havoc on Idahoans and another year of increased premiums confirms this reality. Prior…
Dean Cameron, director of the Idaho state Department of Insurance, announced today that health insurers offering plans on Idaho’s state insurance exchange have proposed premium rate increases next year averaging 38 percent. “I am deeply disappointed and frustrated to share these rates,” Cameron said in...
Among Idaho's nearly 8,000 inmates, there are four who not only did their growing up behind bars but can expect to die there as well, each sentenced to life without parole. It's an area of law that is rapidly evolving, with several recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings finding that harsh punishments...
In my Sunday column: Campaign finance reports in Idaho state races are due Monday, but some already had started trickling in last week. Also, GOP hopeful Tommy Ahlquist touted his fundraising numbers in advance of today's filing; schools Supt. Sherri Ybarra has been outraised by a challenger; 3 are now running for state treasurer; and more...
Though Idaho state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra announced in December of 2015 that she’d seek re-election in 2018, she’s had little campaign activity so far this year, according to her newly filed campaign finance report. Ybarra reported $900 in contributions for the first half of…
Idaho Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo voted in favor of every version of the Senate GOP health care bill that was proposed in last night’s marathon Senate session, but none, including the last-ditch “skinny repeal” bill, passed. Here are Risch’s and Crapo's statements on the outcome...
Close the Gap Idaho, a statewide coalition of health care providers, advocates, policy experts and others that includes the Idaho Medical Association, the Idaho Hospital Association and more, issued a statement this morning saying Idaho health care groups are “relieved” that the Senate failed to…
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney has received a new letter from President Trump's election integrity commission requesting Idaho voter data, and this time it includes new assurances that none of the data will be publicly released. “I am a little more reassured by the wording in this letter, certainly, than the last,” Denney said...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter was released from the hospital today after being admitted on July 14 for his second back surgery in a week, and then remaining hospitalized for treatment for a post-surgery infection. “He is continuing to recover,” said his press secretary, Jon Hanian...
The Idaho Judicial Council has selected four finalists from the pool of 13 applicants for an opening on the Idaho Supreme Court; the four will go to Gov. Butch Otter on Monday, and he will appoint the new justice, who will start in August when...
Idaho businessman Tom Kealey announced today that he’ll run for the open state treasurer post in 2018, the third Republican to enter the race for the seat from which longtime Treasurer Ron Crane is retiring. Kealey, who with his wife Joy owns the Chicago Connection…
Campaign finance reports in Idaho state races are due on Monday – which is when we’ll find out who’s providing the initial funding behind the 2018 campaigns for governor, lieutenant governor and more. But GOP gubernatorial candidate Tommy Ahlquist sent out a news release today...
Sen. Mike Crapo has issued the following statement defending his bipartisan Russia sanctions legislation, after Tuesday's passage by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee of a resolution condemning the successful legislation and calling for friendlier relations with Russia: "Russia's increasing aggressive actions are a threat…
The Idaho Judicial Council today wrapped up its interviews with applicants for an opening on the Idaho Supreme Court, interviewing seven hopefuls yesterday and six today. The seven-member council will announce the four it selects as most qualified tomorrow; the names will be forwarded to…
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little unveiled a series of proposals on health care, the economy and regulation on Wednesday, saying they’re things he’d enact if elected governor in 2018. Little is in a contested race for the open seat Gov. Butch Otter will leave when he retires after next year; other big-name Republicans already in the race are GOP...
Ada County has announced that it will open the floating season on the Boise River through town this Saturday. The July 29 opening is a record; the river usually opens to floating in June, but this year’s flood-driven high flows made it unsafe until now.…
The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee narrowly passed a resolution on Tuesday night favoring friendlier relations with Russia and condemning the Russian sanctions bill that was sponsored by Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo and passed overwhelmingly by both the U.S. House and Senate...
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho police chief is defending the arrest of a man who was videotaping the outside of a public building even though the officer who made the arrest cited a law that doesn't exist. Pocatello Police Chief Scott Marchand has…
There were some interesting moments during today’s Idaho Judicial Council interviews of Idaho Supreme Court hopefuls; seven were interviewed today, and six more are up tomorrow. Among them: Several Judicial Council members had high praise for 5th District Judge Richard Bevan, who’s been a judge…
Both Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined in the GOP’s bare majority in the Senate today to approve a motion to proceed with Senate health care legislation. The only two Republicans to dissent were Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of...
A new state analysis shows that just 4 percent of reported rapes in Idaho result in a guilty conviction of a sex crime. According to the Idaho State Police report, rape charges are the most likely to be amended or modified to a lesser offense compared to other sex crime charges...
The seven-member Idaho Judicial Council is interviewing candidates for an opening on the Idaho Supreme Court today. So far, the council has interviewed three this morning: 5th District Judge Richard Bevan of Twin Falls; St. Maries attorney Andrew Doman; and Idaho Court of Appeals Judge...
Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have indicated they’ll vote in favor of proceeding to consider a controversial GOP health care bill when it comes up for a vote in the Senate on Tuesday; here are their full statements: Crapo’s communications director, Lindsay Nothern,…
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