Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As the Idaho Legislature steams toward meeting or exceeding its previous record for number of days in session — reaching 101 days on April 21, …
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Here we have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Only twice before has the Idaho Legislature been in session as long as it has in 2021. In 2003, lawmakers sat for a record 118 …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Lawmakers in Boise gaveled back into session April 6 after an 18-day recess prompted by an outbreak of COVID-19 among a number legislators and staffers; …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The big tax cut
Idaho House members approved on strict party lines a $389 million tax cut for state ratepayers, which proponents said would provide …
Initiative bill passes Senate as opposition grows
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As opposition mounts to an Idaho Senate bill that would tighten requirements for placing a citizens’ initiative on the ballot, the measure passed the chamber …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Wrongful conviction
More than halfway through the 2021 Idaho legislative session only two measures have made their way out of both chambers and onto the …
Here we have Idaho: What’s happening this week at the Idaho Legislature
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The 2021 Idaho Legislature has reached its halfway point, with little to claim as an accomplishment. As reporter William L. Spence wrote Feb. 17 in …
Looking back on the 2019 legislative session
By Sen. Jim Woodward
Reader Contributor
Dear friends and neighbors of Legislative District 1,
The first regular session of Idaho’s 65th Legislature is complete. Spanning 95 days, the session …
Undemocratic
By Daniel C. Radford
Reader Contributor
Idaho has a new political force on hand, Reclaim Idaho. And it looks like it’s making the elites upset. After we, the people, voted …
2018 General Election Questionnaire: County Candidates
By Reader Staff
We believe strongly in informing the community about candidates running for public office. As part of our commitment to this effort, we present this questionnaire for candidates …
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