Ballot initiative bill heads to Senate
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A bill meant to increase requirements for ballot initiatives is headed to the Idaho Senate’s 14th Order for possible amendments.
SB 1159, sponsored by Sen. …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A bill meant to increase requirements for ballot initiatives is headed to the Idaho Senate’s 14th Order for possible amendments.
SB 1159, sponsored by Sen. …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Idaho Senate State Affairs committee saw a packed house Monday as it discussed a bill that would make it harder to get a voter …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A bill that would make it harder for voters to qualify ballot initiatives in Idaho has advanced to receive a hearing.
Sen. C. Scott Grow …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the implementation of Medicaid expansion in the state Tuesday as part of a lawsuit filed by …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho voters will have a chance to vote for or against Medicaid expansion on Idaho’s Nov. 6 ballot, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Friday brought Medicaid expansion one step closer to Idaho’s November ballot, as volunteers gathered from across the state at the Capitol in Boise to submit …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho touts the motto: “Strong public schools. Protected public lands. Health care for working families.”
It appears the grassroots political group founded in Sandpoint …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Founders of the political movement Reclaim Idaho spent last weekend in Sandpoint to officially launch their initiative to get Medicaid expansion on the 2018 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Local grassroots political movement Reclaim Idaho is going back to its roots this weekend with a number of events in Sandpoint.
The return to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Luke Mayville, co-founder of the grassroots political movement Reclaim Idaho, announced Tuesday that the group has officially filed a proposal to put Medicaid Expansion …
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