U.S. Supreme Court rules against ‘independent state legislature’ theory
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Organizers behind the effort to put the Open Primaries Initiative on the 2024 ballot in Idaho applauded the decision June 27 by the U.S. Supreme …
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ID Supreme Court affirms Festival’s right to ban guns at War Memorial Field
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The yearslong legal controversy over the Festival at Sandpoint’s prohibition of firearms at War Memorial Field during its yearly summer concert series has ended with …
Festival gun ban lawsuit returns on appeal before Idaho Supreme Court
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
An appeal of the 2021 District Court decision in favor of the city of Sandpoint and Festival at Sandpoint over the legality of a weapons …
ID Supreme Court stands by asphalt plant ruling
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When the Idaho Supreme Court appealed a District Court ruling March 22, effectively voiding the conditional use permit for an asphalt batch plant in Sagle, …
Idaho Supreme Court rules Medicaid expansion constitutional
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Idaho Supreme Court upheld Proposition 2 Tuesday, determining the citizen-led initiative to expand Medicaid is constitutional despite a lawsuit from the Idaho Freedom Foundation.…
Idaho Supreme court preserves grocery tax
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Idaho’s 6-percent grocery tax will remain in effect following an Idaho Supreme Court decision.
A battle between the Idaho legislative and executive branches ended in …
Court hears argument on tax repeal veto
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Idaho lawmakers took aim at a nearly-40-year-old Idaho Supreme Court precedent last week in their bid to overturn a governor veto of the grocery tax …
ID Supreme Court battle over grocery tax begins
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Arguments begin this week in an Idaho Supreme Court case over the state’s grocery tax, the outcome of which will resonate both statewide and locally.…
City street service to continue
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Despite an ongoing legal dispute between the city of Sandpoint and the Independent Highway District, street services should continue without interruption.
Last week, the Idaho …
Coming up this week! Don’t miss Live Music, the Summer Sampler, the Art Party, Monarch Grind, the Sandpoint Renaissance Faire, and more! See the full list of events in the 