By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The day after an election is always exhausting. Win or lose, they’re stressful exercises that more often than not combine overthinking with overdrinking, unhealthy food and long hours. This one,...
2026 general Election By Reader Staff Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in contested legislative and local races to ask questions about how they would represent the constituents in the...
By Past and present Dist. 1 legislatorsReader Contributors Idaho’s Constitution created a citizen legislature: three months in Boise, the rest of the year at home among the people represented. Idaho has always been conservative. We...
By Jim JonesReader Contributor Dark money has become the root of evil in political campaigns across the country. National interest groups seem to be lurking everywhere, seeing where they can weigh in, either in...
By Molly O’ReillyReader Contributor A local political candidate is promising to eliminate property taxes. As the old saying goes, “If it sounds too good to be true — beware!” Is it voodoo economics? For...
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...
Recapping some of the biggest headlines of the year… pray for us By Zach HagadoneReader Staff At the end of the introductory paragraph in the 2024 “Year in Review,” we congratulated Reader readers on...
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-BoiseReader Contributor When is a seemingly benign piece of legislation deceptive? When it has a poison pill planted within it to facilitate an ulterior motive. This growing tactic is a...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Days after a coalition of Idaho public education advocates and individuals filed a lawsuit Sept. 17 challenging the state’s new private education tax credit program, the Indianapolis-based Partnership for Educational...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Idaho’s controversial private school tax credit program is being challenged in court, with a lawsuit announced Sept. 17 in Boise arguing that House Bill 93 is unconstitutional. According to Idaho...
