By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff The Idaho Supreme Court upheld Proposition 2 Tuesday, determining the citizen-led initiative to expand Medicaid is constitutional despite a lawsuit from the Idaho Freedom Foundation. The Idaho Statesman reports...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff If the Idaho GOP gets its way, statewide residents will be seeing an R or D next to candidate names in city elections. The Idaho Statesman reports that the...
By Mayor Shelby Rognstad Reader Contributor I wish everyone a happy New Year. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. I want to take this opportunity to usher in 2019 with a...
By Sen. Maryanne Jordan Reader Contributor I am often asked why I serve in the Idaho Senate. Why, as a Democrat in Idaho, would I choose the Idaho legislature? There are easier ways to...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff With no end in sight to the government shutdown constricting Washington, D.C., it may well go on record as the longest in U.S. history. That leaves government employees in...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff Education and health care were standout subjects in newly-sworn Gov. Brad Little’s first State of the State Address Monday afternoon. Little painted a largely optimistic vision of Idaho’s circumstances,...
By Bill Lewis Reader Contributor “Fear and loathing in Las Vegas?” Not bloody likely! And by the way, Hunter S. Thompson was missed at the Marijuana Business Convention (MJBISCON) held Nov. 13-15 in Las Vegas, Nev....
By Tim Bearly Reader Contributor “Politics is a pendulum,” Albert Einstein said, “whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.” To dispel these illusions we must first develop a better...
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Medicaid Expansion, the Idaho grocery tax and recent changes to state tax forms dominated discussion at a town hall gathering Saturday, hosted by Rep. Sage Dixon (R-Ponderay) and newly-appointed...
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff As the new year approaches, so too does the beginning of the in Boise, set to begin on Jan. 7. New and veteran legislators alike convened in Boise earlier...
