The Idaho Open Primaries initiative explained
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As its opening salvo in Idaho politics, Reclaim Idaho successfully gathered enough signatures to place a Medicaid expansion initiative onto the 2018 ballot, which reportedly …
Tagged: politics
The Lumber Jill: The antidote to fear
By Jen Jackson Quintano
Reader Columnist
MAGA flags flapped atop their twin flagpoles as we chatted amicably with our clients. They showed us to their riverfront beach, provided chairs, invited …
2023 election results
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For the first time in eight years, Sandpoint will have a new mayor when Jeremy Grimm is sworn in at City Hall in January following …
Idaho needs more Pride, less prejudice
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise
Reader Contributor
Every Idahoan deserves to feel safe and welcome in our state. It is inspiring to watch the growing movement for our freedom to …
Emily Articulated: Dystopian
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
Call me glib, but I’ve been thinking about a dystopian future in which the most extreme members of the Idaho GOP achieve everything they’ve set …
Greetings from Boise: Property tax relief and BGH situation among the big Statehouse conversations
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint
Reader Contributor
We are being told the 2023 legislative session is beginning to end. However, I’m not yet convinced we will be done on Friday, …
The Idaho Legislature: Where democracy goes to die
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
You can give no greater gift to an arch-conservative than mentioning the word “democracy” — it gives them the opportunity to puff up with pedantic …
The year in re- and preview
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
We’re just going to get this one out of the way at the top. Since 2020, when we started doing these annual review/previews, we included …
Emily Articulated: Hamilton
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
This past week, while getting barraged by the whirlwind of local and national political fanfare, I found a foothold in positive political engagement by revisiting …
Candidate interview for District 1 Idaho Senate race: Steve Johnson
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s note: The Sandpoint Reader usually publishes a candidate questionnaire before the primary and general elections, but since there is only one contested race in …
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