Idaho Politics

BSU Prof. Corey Cook, who’s at the GOP national convention in Cleveland, reports, “From what I've gathered so far, the Idaho delegation is uniquely congenial between the Cruz and Trump delegates.” Idaho has 32 delegates, 20 of them for Ted Cruz, and 12 of them...

Idaho Rep. Raúl Labrador posted this statement on Facebook over the weekend, reacting to Donald Trump’s decision to name Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who also served in the U.S. House for more than a decade, as his vice presidential running mate: "Mike Pence is a...

Boise State University political science Professor Corey Cook, dean of BSU’s School of Public Service, is at the GOP national convention in Cleveland today, the sixth national convention of either party he’s attended as part of his studies and observations of American politics. In an...

Idaho GOP Chair Yates: Pence 'respected and well-liked among many Republicans'

June state tax revenues come in $20.1M over projections, state ends year with surplus that goes to roads, savings

Let’s say, as a recent op-ed piece in the Idaho Statesman by Idaho Freedom Foundation Vice President Fred Birnbaum claimed, that comparing percentage increases in state general fund spending in Idaho to percentage increases for other states shows whether Idaho’s spending is growing too quickly...

Piotrowski slams Labrador's FADA bill as 'dangerous and extreme'

A House committee is holding a hearing today on Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador’s “First Amendment Defense Act,” which seeks to protect people who act because of their religious views about same-sex marriage or extra-marital relations from any federal penalties, including loss of federal grants, contracts,...