Republican 2022 election races are already red hot
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
The campaign trail is crowded at the top of the ticket with almost a dozen candidates challenging the incumbent governor just as Idaho moves …
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Ethics Chair Dixon provides more details on recommendation to censure Rep. Giddings
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As the political waves settle following the Idaho House Ethics Committee’s unanimous vote Aug. 3 to recommend censure for Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, some …
Rep. Priscilla Giddings to face ethics committee in August for two complaints
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris
Idaho Capital Sun
According to the Idaho Legislature’s House Journal, the House Ethics Committee has received two complaints against Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, alleging conduct unbecoming …
Ammon Bundy announces gubernatorial campaign
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Celebrity anti-government activist and serial Statehouse arrestee Ammon Bundy is officially running for Idaho governor, according to a report from the Boise-based Idaho Capital Sun …
State reviews policies as Reclaim Idaho requests updated financial analysis of education initiative
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Officials with Reclaim Idaho have asked the state to issue a revised financial analysis of their updated ballot initiative language, a state official said. …
Clash at the top
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho has seen no shortage of news at the intersection of politics and the pandemic, between endless critiques of the state’s coronavirus response to numerous …
Reclaim Idaho files Quality Education Act initiative
By Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho filed a ballot initiative with the Idaho secretary of state April 28 called the Quality Education Act — an initiative that the grassroots group said …
Legislative recap
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Special to the Reader
The 2021 Idaho legislative session is complete, for now at least. For the first time in our 130 years of statehood, …
Best or worst legislative session in Idaho history? That depends on whom you ask
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Depending on whom you ask, the 2021 legislative session was either a productive success on multiple fronts, or one of the worst sessions of …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Even from almost 500 miles away, the tension at the Idaho Statehouse is palpable as the Legislature continues into its near-historic time in session — …
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