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Eye on Boise: New redistricting panel to visit CdA
BOISE – Idaho’s new citizen redistricting commission is coming to town – the commission has scheduled a public hearing from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Coeur d’Alene City Hall. It’s one of three the new panel is holding around the state as it starts Round 2 of Idaho’s redistricting process, after an earlier bipartisan commission failed to reach agreement on new congressional and legislative district lines by its Sept. 6 deadline. That panel reached an unofficial agreement on Sept. 23.
Redistricters set hearings…
Redistricters set hearings…
Beitelspacher: ‘It was personally powerful,’ but no telling yet on plan
Beitelspacher: ‘It was personally powerful,’ but no telling yet on plan
Finman: ‘We’re now passing the baton to get to the finish line’
Finman: ‘We’re now passing the baton to get to the finish line’
New redistricters hear from former ones…
New redistricters hear from former ones…
And the new redistricters are at work…
And the new redistricters are at work…
Looking at costs, budget for second go-round of redistricting…
Looking at costs, budget for second go-round of redistricting…
New redistricters sworn in, have first unanimous vote - on co-chairs
New redistricters sworn in, have first unanimous vote - on co-chairs
New redistricters prepare to convene…
New redistricters prepare to convene…
Labrador now favors term limits
BOISE – Freshman Congressman Raul Labrador says after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and seeing what it’s really like, he’s changed his mind and now supports term limits. “This is actually an area where I have changed in the last eight months. I believe that we need term limits in politics, especially congressional politics,” Labrador told the City Club of Boise on Tuesday. “I have been very disappointed being back in Washington, D.C., where I have heard people actually voice openly that the reason they’re not making the tough decisions that we have to make, that they know we have to make for this nation, is because they’re worried about the next election.”
GOP names Dolores Crow, Randy Hansen to redistricting panel
GOP names Dolores Crow, Randy Hansen to redistricting panel
Redistricting map by old panel invalid
BOISE – A last-ditch attempt by Idaho’s former redistricting commissioners to propose new legislative and congressional districts – nearly three weeks after their deadline – has no legal effect, state officials declared Monday, other than as a recommendation to a new commission that will convene on Wednesday. Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa said he views the former commissioners’ unanimous agreement as a “positive development,” and the agenda for the new commissioners’ first meeting on Wednesday morning will be amended to include a presentation on it from the former commissioners. Still, he said, “There’s not a valid plan unless a legally constituted commission adopts the plan. … That will be up to the new commission.”
Chadderdon won’t run, so Hart, Barbieri keep clear shot at seats
Chadderdon won’t run, so Hart, Barbieri keep clear shot at seats
L-83 splits 12 counties, but not Ada…
L-83 splits 12 counties, but not Ada…
As for the incumbents, L-83 would force 6 Senate faceoffs, 9 in House
As for the incumbents, L-83 would force 6 Senate faceoffs, 9 in House
L-83, a recommendation from former redistricters to new ones…
L-83, a recommendation from former redistricters to new ones…
Last-ditch Idaho redistricting deal was too late
A last-ditch attempt by Idaho’s former redistricting commissioners to propose new legislative and congressional districts - nearly three weeks after their deadline - has no legal value, state officials declared this morning, other than as a recommendation to a new commission that will convene on Wednesday.
Both party chairmen say no preconditions on new redistricters…
Both party chairmen say no preconditions on new redistricters…
Ysursa: ‘A positive development’
Ysursa: ‘A positive development’
Verdict: Only value of new agreement is as recommendation to new commissioners
Verdict: Only value of new agreement is as recommendation to new commissioners