‘Hey, Rube’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When I was a cub reporter at the Associated Press, stationed in the bowels of the pre-renovation Idaho Capitol, circa 2003, we had a CRT …
Tagged: idaho politics
Legislative update: Concerns about process at the Capitol
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor
Greetings. The Legislature is in its 10th week. Nearly 400 House bills and 170 Senate bills have been introduced. Approximately 70 resolutions and …
Dist. 1 legislators to host final town halls of 2025 session
By Reader Staff
Members of the Idaho District 1 legislative delegation will host their final town hall of the 2025 Idaho Legislature on Friday, March 15, with events in Bonners …
Idaho leaders are acting against the will of the people
By Bob McKeon
Reader Contributor
Well, are you all paying attention yet? Fifty million of our tax dollars just got stripped from us and our underfunded public schools by our …
Legislative update
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor
We are in the middle of the legislative session and, to no one’s surprise, there are a considerable number of bills being printed …
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 …
Medicaid expansion saves lives, boosts economies in rural Idaho
By Kelly McGrath
Reader Contributor
As a family medicine physician in rural Idaho, I have had the privilege of caring for Idaho families for more than three decades. I have …
‘Not My President’s Day’ protest in Sandpoint
By Zach Hagadone
Thousands of people gathered in all 50 states Feb. 17 to demonstrate against President Donald Trump in a series of “Not My President’s Day” protests. That included …
House committee recommends passing journalist ‘shield law’
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Members of the Idaho House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted unanimously Feb. 19 to advance House Bill 158 with a “do-pass” recommendation, putting it …
Freedom fades when leaders fail
By Lauren Necochea
Reader Contributor
Democracy is not guaranteed. Every generation must defend it. Today, we face the greatest threat to American democracy in modern history: Donald Trump’s second term. …
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