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Redistricters back at it with deadline looming…
Redistricters back at it with deadline looming…
GOP redistricters accuse Dems of ‘raw partisanship’
GOP redistricters accuse Dems of ‘raw partisanship’
If redistricting commission fails, job could go to high court
If redistricting commission fails, job could go to high court
If redistricting fails, job could go to high court
BOISE – Idaho’s citizen redistricting commission appeared to move toward compromise last week, but after weeks of partisan impasse, it’s worth asking: What happens if the commission fails to agree by its September deadline? “My personal opinion is the Supreme Court would recognize the constitutional duty of the commission to do reapportionment, and I personally believe would kick it back to them, and tell them to reconvene again,” Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa said. Ten years ago, when the commission reached a plan that was challenged in court, the Supreme Court reconvened the commission to redraw it.
Eye on Boise: State endowment land may be restaurant site
The recent brouhaha over operation of a mini-storage business on Idaho state endowment land is expanding a bit. Now, a report has surfaced about the state Lands Department seeking proposals from construction managers for a downtown Boise brewpub. The Boise Guardian blog broke the news last week under the headline, “Land Board to build brewpub?” Some lawmakers already were concerned that the mini-storage deal raised issues about a public entity competing with private businesses.
Redistricters cite progress, wrap up for now
Redistricters cite progress, wrap up for now
Tale for redistricters: ‘We may all place different values on different things’
Tale for redistricters: ‘We may all place different values on different things’
Redistricters seek ‘common ground’
Redistricters seek ‘common ground’
Good news for redistricters: They have two extra days on the clock
Good news for redistricters: They have two extra days on the clock
Dems submit new redistricting plan
Dems submit new redistricting plan
Redistricters split 3-3, adjourn for day
Redistricters split 3-3, adjourn for day
Geddes: Law was intended to make redistricters’ job easier, not harder…
Geddes: Law was intended to make redistricters’ job easier, not harder…
Redistricters: ‘This state has changed’
Redistricters: ‘This state has changed’
Redistricters: ‘We’re down to about seven business days to solve this’
Redistricters: ‘We’re down to about seven business days to solve this’
Redistricting commissioners spar
Redistricting commissioners spar
Eye on Boise: Otter touts Idaho’s upgrade by S&P
BOISE - Gov. Butch Otter took to the national airwaves last week to tout Idaho’s budget management as a “model for what the nation ought to do,” from Medicaid cuts to living “within our means.” Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren, who interviewed Otter by phone, noted Idaho’s recently upgraded credit rating of AA+, the same level to which the national debt was just downgraded by Standard and Poor’s, from its previous AAA.
Dems: Weigh constitutional factors over statutory ones on redistricting
Dems: Weigh constitutional factors over statutory ones on redistricting
Stoking Idaho’s conservative fire: A look at Idaho’s legislative District 3
Stoking Idaho’s conservative fire: A look at Idaho’s legislative District 3
Stoking Idaho’s conservative fire
Conservatism is practically a religion in Idaho’s legislative District 3, the district that elected tax-protesting state Rep. Phil Hart four times and this year added two like-minded lawmakers he recruited to run. “I was considered a radical to my friends in California, and then I got up here and found out I was a moderate,” said Vito Barbieri, a first-term state representative and, like many District 3 residents, a California transplant who moved north.
Squabbling redistricters holding first Saturday meeting
Squabbling redistricters holding first Saturday meeting