By Bret Johnson Reader Contributor Idaho House Republicans recently killed a $6 million bill to fund preschool literacy. Idaho has always been leery of Washington, and, based on our track record, education. One of...
By David Keyes Reader Contributor The odds were pretty low Idaho would even have a state lottery when in 1983 a legislative committee harpooned the proposal. After all, the Idaho Supreme Court eliminated all...
By Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise Reader Contributor Opposition to “social justice” by the Idaho Legislature, while troubling, is not surprising. If you are in a majority, which has experienced power and advantage, it’s uncomfortable...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist With the world feeling like it’s starting to reopen, and the edges of our confinement slowly peeling back into this newest version of “normalcy,” I’ve noticed a reclamation of...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff I started this column a few years ago to pay tribute to the people and things that influence my work, but that don’t necessarily appear in my stories. Cindy...
By Mark Reiner Reader Contributor There are many articles decrying the chaos of the recent past. Most of them call for a unity based upon real communication, tolerance, and a healthy dose of American...
By Jen Jackson Quintano Reader Columnist Before my husband and I joined forces to become arborists, I was a librarian. I loved it. The interaction with community and books and ideas filled my cup....
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise Reader Contributor When I started my first term in 2019, nearly every long-time Capitol observer told me it was the worst legislative session they ever experienced. In 2020, they...
By Sen. Jim Woodward Reader Contributor A major task each legislative session is creating and approving a plan for how we will spend our state tax dollars in the upcoming year. The legislative session...
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist It’s hard to live in the greater Sandpoint area and not feel the pulsing boom of the newcomers, home-buyers, rental-seekers, land-sellers and everyone stuck somewhere in between. Within the...
