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Idaho GOP governor hopefuls’ tax-cut plans have hefty price tags

Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador’s tax-cut plan would cost Idaho’s state treasury roughly $900 million a year if he were elected governor.

Fulcher endorsed by ‘Club for Growth’

Republican U.S. House candidate Russ Fulcher has won the endorsement of the conservative national group Club for Growth. The endorsement, tweeted by the group Monday, is a boost for Fulcher as he attempts to stand out in crowded field of GOP candidates. The open 1st Congressional District seat has attracted a wide…

Study shows Idaho’s overall taxes are lowest in the region, 48th in nation

Even as Idaho politicians continue to call for tax cuts, a new state study shows Idaho’s overall taxes are the lowest in the region and rank 48th in the nation. The annual Tax Burden Study, which the Idaho State Tax Commission has prepared each year since the 1970s, shows that Idaho’s total state and local tax burden…

Study shows Idaho’s overall taxes are lowest in the region, 48th in nation

Even as Idaho politicians continue to call for tax cuts, a new state study shows Idaho’s overall taxes are the lowest in the region and rank 48th in the nation.

Ahlquist announces plan to cut opioid deaths in half in 4 years if elected governor

Idaho GOP gubernatorial hopeful Tommy Ahlquist, a physician, has released a seven-point plan to address the opioid crisis in Idaho, saying it would cut the state’s annual number of opioid deaths - 200 - in half in four years…

Little voluntarily discloses his financial assets

Lt. Gov. Brad Little is the latest gubernatorial candidate to voluntarily release information on his financial assets. Idaho is one of just two states that don’t require elected officeholders to disclose any of their personal financial information. Yet the topic has become a key talking point for Idaho’s 2018 gubernatorial race after first-time…

Rep. Cheatham to seek Nonini’s Senate seat, as Nonini runs for lieutenant governor

Second-term Idaho state Rep. Don Cheatham, R-Post Falls, announced Monday that he’ll run for the open Senate seat in his district that’s being vacated by Sen. Bob Nonini’s run for lieutenant governor in 2018.

Leroy says he’s moving to the congressional district where he’s running

David Leroy, whose Boise home is in the 2nd Congressional District, says he’s moving to Eagle and will be living in the district where he’s running for Congress before the May primary. “I intend to be voting for myself,” he said…

Eye on Boise: Leroy says he’s moving to the congressional district where he’s running

Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa, said one of the factors that prompted her to join the already crowded 1st District congressional race was that “I live in the district, which is a little bit different.”

Amid national debate over churches’ role in politics, Labrador touts pastor’s endorsement

Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador, who is running for governor, is touting his endorsement by the pastor of a Coeur d’Alene church where Labrador recently held a large town hall-style gathering, even as U.S. House Republicans push to free up pastors to openly endorse candidates from the pulpit.

Rep. Perry joins already crowded Idaho congressional race

Rep. Christy Perry says she’s officially entering the crowded race of candidates vying for Idaho’s open 1st Congressional District seat.

Ybarra and challenger Dillon both oppose school vouchers; Ybarra says ‘No, no, no, no, no’

State schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra and Wilder School District Superintendent Jeff Dillon, who is running against Ybarra in 2018, appeared together at the Idaho School Boards Association’s annual convention in Coeur d’Alene last week, and Idaho EdNews reports that the two faced off in a…

Eye on Boise: Former Sen. Schmidt says he’s decided against run for governor – at least for now

Former state Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, a physician and outspoken advocate of improving health care in Idaho, says after much consideration, he’s decided against running for governor next year – at least for now.