Idaho Politics

Labrador, facing national ridicule over health care comment, says it 'wasn't very elegant'

These days, former Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne is the chief representative of the life insurance industry, traveling the country and the world, giving speeches and representing insurers to the Trump administration, states, international groups and nations. It’s a role that’s brought the former Boise mayor, U.S. senator and U.S. secretary...

It’s pretty much unheard-of for statewide TV ads in an Idaho governor’s race to begin airing more than a year before the primary election, but that’s what’s happening. Tommy Ahlquist, a Boise physician and developer who’s running as a Republican, has been running two ads since March...

The week that was...

Mike Boeck, a 4th-generation Bonner County resident, former Priest River Chamber of Commerce president, longtime county GOP central committee member and longtime forest products industry employee, announced Friday that he'll challenge controversial Rep. Heather Scott in 2018. “I just feel that we haven’t gotten the quality of representation we...

Health care was the biggest topic at Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador’s heavily attended town-hall meetings in southern Idaho, and figures to be high on citizens’ minds again as Labrador convenes two more in northern Idaho on Friday. Here's a look at Labrador's recently stated positions on health care.