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 Zach Hagadone Reader Staff In a lightning-fast meeting March 17, the Sandpoint City Council approved the annual Sandpoint Urban Renewal Agency report and the Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Master Plan. The latter...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The big tax cut Idaho House members approved on strict party lines a $389 million tax cut for state ratepayers, which proponents said would provide ongoing tax relief to...
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 Susan Drumheller Reader Contributor Skip Lassen and Jenny Post, like many rural North Idaho residents, found their dream homes in the woods, miles from town. Lassen’s home is off the grid on 50...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Additional details are emerging in the case against brothers William and Michael Pope — the latter a Sandpoint resident — alleging five misdemeanor and two felony violations each amid...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As opposition mounts to an Idaho Senate bill that would tighten requirements for placing a citizens’ initiative on the ballot, the measure passed the chamber on a near-party-line vote...
