Republican 2022 election races are already red hot
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
The campaign trail is crowded at the top of the ticket with almost a dozen candidates challenging the incumbent governor just as Idaho moves …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
The campaign trail is crowded at the top of the ticket with almost a dozen candidates challenging the incumbent governor just as Idaho moves …
By Kelsie Moseley-Morris
Idaho Capital Sun
Across Idaho, residents have watched helplessly as people and investors flush with cash from other states have swooped up property sight unseen for many …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Officials with Reclaim Idaho have asked the state to issue a revised financial analysis of their updated ballot initiative language, a state official said. …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Lifelong Republican Jennifer Ellis almost doesn’t even recognize her own political party when she looks at some of Idaho’s far-right legislators who dominated the …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Depending on whom you ask, the 2021 legislative session was either a productive success on multiple fronts, or one of the worst sessions of …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
The ongoing 2021 legislative session has cost the state of Idaho nearly $450,000 since legislators returned from their first recess April 6.
From April …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
A bill that bans transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s sports has quickly spread to more than 30 statehouses across …
By Reader Staff
At a time when news media around the country is shrinking — more than 60 newsrooms went dark around the country in 2020, according to TIME magazine …
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