Going vertical
Keeping elected officials honest at all levels By Stan NormanReader Contributor There is a disturbing trend developing in the Idaho Legislature. Several bills have been introduced in the House that would effectively take power...
Category: Politics
Idaho GOP blocks dissent from the record
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Most Idahoans do not spend their days reading House rules or following legislative procedure. They shouldn’t have to. But they understand this much: When people in power change the rules...
‘We all took these trees for granted’
By Jane FritzReader Contributor For 48 years, every time I drove east down Oak Street in Sandpoint, I thanked the resplendent heritage Norway maple on the corner of Fourth Avenue for its remarkable beauty...
Legislative update: Reasons for voting against the Idaho ICE bill
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-SandpointReader Contributor Greetings from Boise — I hope all is well. Last week, H.B. 659 was heard on the House floor. The bill requires our local law enforcement agencies to...
Harms of single-party rule spur Idaho Democrats to run for office
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Competition is the heartbeat of representative democracy. Idaho shows what happens when one party faces no real check. The Republican supermajority has turned the Legislature into a pipeline for extremism,...
Dumb of the Week: ‘Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia’
By Ben OlsonReader Staff As news came that President Donald Trump attacked Iran alongside Israel, I readied myself for another remarkable transformation by Republicans as they abandon their yearslong rhetoric about “America first” and...
Idaho bill would require local law enforcement to work with ICE
BoCo Sheriff Wheeler: Agreements would make his office ‘subservient to ICE’ By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Idaho House of Representatives twice delayed hearing floor debate on a bill that would require all local law...
Who’s running for office?
Candidates file for LD1 Statehouse seats Ballots will feature names familiar from past primary, general elections By Zach HagadoneReader Staff With the filing deadline to seek office in the Tuesday, May 19 primary election...
Herndon joins Dist. 1 Senate GOP primary race
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff With the filing deadline in the May 19 Idaho primary set for Friday, Feb. 27, the field of candidates is filling after Scott Herndon announced that he would seek the...
Dist. 1 legislators to host second in series of local town halls Feb. 28
By Reader Staff Legislative Dist. 1 Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, and 1A Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint, will host their second in a series of legislative updates and town halls in Bonner and Boundary counties,...
