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Labrador, Farris speak out on health care reform repeal vote
Labrador, Farris speak out on health care reform repeal vote
Idaho GOP names new executive director
Idaho GOP names new executive director
More Idaho lawmakers improperly using state seal in campaigns
More Idaho lawmakers improperly using state seal in campaigns
Dems’ campaign newsletter had state seal
Dems’ campaign newsletter had state seal
What changed, what didn’t in GOP platform…
What changed, what didn’t in GOP platform…
Idaho GOP sticks with its tea party platform planks
Idaho GOP sticks with its tea party platform planks
Idaho GOP keeps its tea party platform planks
Idaho’s super-dominant Republican Party was widely expected to swing back toward the middle this year, after tea party activists peppered the party platform two years ago with planks urging abolishment of the Federal Reserve, eliminating direct election of U.S. senators and pushing Idahoans to stockpile gold - and then forced all state GOP candidates to pledge allegiance to the platform or specify publicly where they disagreed. But after last weekend’s Idaho GOP convention, very little changed.
Ruling highlights partisan split
OLYMPIA – When a divided U.S. Supreme Court settled the question Thursday of whether federal health care reform is constitutional, it turned up the spotlight on the issue for Washington’s hotly contested governor’s race. Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna, one of the original plaintiffs in the failed multistate challenge, said he was surprised by the ruling but insisted he was relieved, not disappointed.
All Idaho GOP delegates go to Romney
All Idaho GOP delegates go to Romney
Idaho Republicans pick Peterson as new state party chairman
Idaho Republicans pick Peterson as new state party chairman
GOP convention skirts closed primary fight
GOP convention skirts closed primary fight
State GOP convention under way in Twin Falls
State GOP convention under way in Twin Falls
Peterson, DeMordaunt face off for GOP chair
Peterson, DeMordaunt face off for GOP chair
Idaho Dems unveil platform; GOP to craft theirs later this week
Idaho Dems unveil platform; GOP to craft theirs later this week
This week’s Idaho GOP convention to test tea-party influence on party
This week’s Idaho GOP convention to test tea-party influence on party
Eye on Boise: Labrador rips immigration shift
BOISE – U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador, an immigration attorney who touted his expertise on the issue as he ran for Idaho’s 1st District congressional seat two years ago, blasted President Barack Obama’s announcement Friday of a major change in the nation’s enforcement of immigration law. The president announced that young illegal immigrants will be able to avoid deportation if they can prove they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED or served in the military. They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed.
After failed House bid, Rammell moving to Wyoming
Flamboyant former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell said he’s given up on Idaho politics and is moving to Wyoming after losing a state legislative race for a north-central Idaho seat last month. “When I lost the race, there was nothing here to hold me,” said Rammell, a veterinarian and former elk rancher from eastern Idaho who relocated to Idaho County two years ago, though his family stayed in eastern Idaho.
Rammell sells RV, dinosaur, moves to Wyoming
Rammell sells RV, dinosaur, moves to Wyoming
Rammell sells RV, dinosaur, moves to Wyoming
Flamboyant former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell says he’s given up on Idaho politics and is moving to Wyoming, after he lost a state legislative race for a North Idaho seat last month.
Dems up their candidate numbers for Legislature
Dems up their candidate numbers for Legislature