Congressional hopeful Kaylee Peterson visits Reader office
By Reader Staff
Editor’s note: Kaylee Peterson has been campaigning as a Democrat against Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher since 2022. Amid a swing through 10 counties in Idaho in …
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Big talk
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
One of the unexpected benefits of living through what may be the wholesale collapse of the United States’ civil, political and economic life is that …
From SHS to NYC
By Conor Baranski
Reader Contributor
From March 10-15, 20 students and three chaperones of SHS’s honors-level International Relations class trekked to the heart of New York City to attend the …
Emily Articulated: Overreaction
By Emily Erickson
Reader Staff
I remember the footage of a woman screaming in the streets after the first Trump inauguration. She became a meme — a poster child for …
In praise of nuanced disagreement
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Among the many casualties of our present calamitous day is the quality of nuance. Power has a way of flattening the variability of ideas, regardless …
Commissioner Korn founds BoCo Civil Defense and Resilience Team
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
At a Jan. 8 People’s Rights meeting, Bonner County Commissioner Ron Korn announced the creation of the Bonner County Civil Defense and Resilience Team, a …
2025 Legislature opens with governor’s State of the State Address on Jan. 6
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Idaho lawmakers will gavel into session Monday, Jan. 6 for the first regular session of the 68th Legislature at the Capitol in Boise.
The 2025 …
‘We do what we can’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Food insecurity is a terrible thing, but it’s especially heartbreaking when it involves children.
For the past 15 years, the nonprofit organization Food for our …
Matthee won’t let Idaho families down
By Emma Stanford
Reader Contributor
By failing to fund child care, state GOP leaders are failing Idaho families — and failing our economy. Healthy families are the backbone of a …
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