Tonight on the Idaho Debates, six GOP candidates for the open 1st Congressional District seat will face off; the 90-minute debate starts at 6:30 p.m. and will air live on Idaho Public Television. After the debate airs, it – and all the Idaho Debates –…
The stakes are huge – an open seat for governor of Idaho for the first time in 12 years. The competition is hot in both parties, with seven Republicans and three Democrats on the ballot, including big names who are duking it out for their party’s nominations...
Small and relatively remote, the scenic Lake Coeur d’Alene town of Harrison still has plenty of active Wi-Fi networks, writes S-R reporter Ryan Collingwood. Just ask former two-term mayor Wanda Irish and her husband, Dennis Irish, who are locked in an ongoing defamation lawsuit with…
Once again, efforts to make medical marijuana legal in Idaho have collapsed. Tesla Gillespie, president of the Idaho Medical Marijuana Association – an organization formed in the wake of past failed attempts – says medical marijuana will not appear on the ballot this year, writes reporter Hunter Pauli in today’s Spokesman-Review. She has stopped...
In last night’s GOP state schools superintendent debate with incumbent state Superintendent Sherri Ybarra, challenger Jeff Dillon decried a lack of leadership and vision from Ybarra’s shop, Idaho EdNews reports, while Ybarra defended her record, dismissed some allegations as gossip and myth, and worked in…
Tax-protesting state lawmaker Phil Hart’s comeback bid is in doubt, as the Idaho Secretary of State’s office has ruled Hart ineligible for the ballot in his bid to challenge Rep. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, in District 7 in the May GOP primary. Hart, who previously served...
Tonight on the “Idaho Debates,” the two candidates facing off in the GOP primary for state schools superintendent – incumbent Sherri Ybarra and Wilder school Superintendent Jeff Dillon – will debate at 8 p.m. After the debate airs, it – and all the Idaho Debates…
A hospital system has filed a lawsuit against a company hired to provide medical care for Idaho's prison inmates, claiming it owes more than $14 million in medical bills. The Idaho Statesman reports the Saint Alphonsus Health System filed the suit Wednesday against prison contractor Corizon, claiming it has refused pay...
Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador said Thursday that if the state’s voters both elect him governor and pass the initiative to expand Medicaid in Idaho, he’d consider working to overturn the voter-passed initiative. In Idaho, a voter-passed initiative has the same status as a law passed by the Legislature – lawmakers and the governor can change or...
A total of four barrels containing radioactive sludge at an eastern Idaho nuclear site were found to have ruptured, officials said Wednesday, after initially saying earlier this month that one barrel was leaking. Officials said there were no injuries and no threat to the public, the AP reports, and workers in protective gear...
Idaho Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Moscow, at a candidate forum last night in Fernwood, referred to the county he represents in the Legislature as a “cesspool of liberalism,” the Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports. “Latah County, particularly the university, greater Moscow area, is a cesspool of liberalism,”...
How might crossover voting – people switching parties to vote in a different party’s primary election – affect Idaho’s upcoming high-stakes May 15 primary, with positions up for grabs including an open governor’s seat? There are some numbers available, but so far they don’t show…
Many Idaho GOP candidates who are running in the May 15 Republican primary have been hailing Republican President Donald Trump, the Idaho Statesman reports, though many didn’t support him when he was vying against other GOP hopefuls for the nomination for president; Idaho actually went...
The historic Gene Harris Bandshell in Julia Davis Park caught fire last night, and was heavily damaged; the city of Boise announced today that Boise Fire Department investigators have determined the fire was human-caused. The investigation has been turned over to the Boise Police Department.…
Less than half an hour after the close of last night’s wide-ranging and often testy GOP gubernatorial debate, all three candidates issued statements touting their performance and claiming victory in the matchup. Here are their full statements: LT. GOV. BRAD LITTLE: “Knowledge and Experience Prove...
The McClatchy Company has named Rebecca Poynter as the new publisher of the Idaho Statesman in Boise. The Idaho Statesman reports Poynter most recently led a group of Michigan newspapers for Gannett Co. She succeeds Debra Leithauser, who left the Idaho Statesman in December to lead the communications department at Idaho Power...
Idaho's top Republican candidates for governor gave voters three distinct options to choose from Monday during their second televised debate, which included plenty of jabs at each other's campaign tactics. U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador, a four-term congressman, pushed his aggressive economic plan to cut nearly a $1 billion of the state's taxes...
Idaho Republican candidates for governor Raul Labrador, Brad Little and Tommy Ahlquist have drawn numbers to determine who will speak first, in preparation for tonight's "Idaho Debates" on Idaho Public Television. The debate starts at 8 p.m. and will air live.
A group seeking to legalize lucrative betting machines in Idaho on Monday accused the Coeur d'Alene Tribe of breaking state law while attempting to deter the success of their petition, adding they have alerted law enforcement officials to investigate. According to Save Idaho Horse Racing, the tribe has offered at least two petitioners cash...
Tonight on the “Idaho Debates,” which are broadcast live on Idaho Public Television, the three major Republican candidates for governor of Idaho – Raul Labrador, Brad Little and Tommy Ahlquist – will face off. The debate starts at 8 p.m.; after it airs, it –…
After 26 years with The Spokesman-Review, I will be taking another position on May 7, as the new Boise bureau chief and state capital reporter for the Idaho Press-Tribune and Adams Publishing Group, which also owns the Idaho State Journal, the Idaho Falls Post Register,…
Idaho's Democratic gubernatorial candidates on Sunday spent most of their first televised debate in overall agreement when discussing the state's biggest issues surrounding education, health care and taxes. Arm teachers to improve school safety? No, said both former Rep. Paulette Jordan of Plummer and Boise businessman A.J. Balukoff. Expand...
Democratic candidates for governor A.J. Balukoff and Paulette Jordan will face off in the “Idaho Debates” on Idaho Public Television tonight, starting at 7 p.m. After the debate airs, you can watch it – and all the Idaho Debates – online here. On Monday night,…
Idaho’s state Board of Education has named five finalists to be the next president of Boise State University, and all are academics with Ph.D degrees. That might seem like a given, but the board’s recent pick to be the new president of Idaho State University...
GOP congressional candidate Russ Fulcher has clarified his claim in a recent ad that he's passed more "pro-life" legislation than anyone else in Idaho, saying that includes includes voting on bills that may not have become law and bills that may not have been directly related to abortion, the AP reports...
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