On natural bodily functions
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff I started my period at 15 years old. If your first thought after reading that last sentence was that it seemed too personal or too intimate to share with...
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Greetings from Boise: Property tax relief and BGH situation among the big Statehouse conversations
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor We are being told the 2023 legislative session is beginning to end. However, I’m not yet convinced we will be done on Friday, March 24. Our voting...
Greetings from Boise: The tricky business of amending bills, and other updates
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor It is the duty of the Legislature each session to set and approve a balanced state budget. I believe it’s the only required duty. We have a...
The pesky public
By Ben Olson Reader Staff In an ideal democracy, a government serves at the behest of its people, not in spite of them. We are oceans away from anything resembling an ideal democracy in...
Legislative Update: Greetings from Boise — and a homecoming
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor It’s been said this legislative session has had a slow start. There have only been a few bills passed by the Legislature and delivered to the governor....
The Idaho Legislature: Where democracy goes to die
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff You can give no greater gift to an arch-conservative than mentioning the word “democracy” — it gives them the opportunity to puff up with pedantic glee and launch into...
Legislative update: Greetings from Boise
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor The weather here in Boise is a little better since the bone-chilling temperatures have passed. Now it is more like the Sandpoint I miss: 20s at night...
Candidate interview for District 1 Idaho Senate race: Steve Johnson
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Editor’s note: The Sandpoint Reader usually publishes a candidate questionnaire before the primary and general elections, but since there is only one contested race in our district this year,...
I stand with librarians
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey Reader Staff A few weeks ago, in preparing for my turn to formulate an article for the Reader’s “Back of the Book” section, I thought of our community’s librarians. I grew...
Legislative update: Making progress on the plan
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Reader Contributor A few weeks ago, I provided an outline of the governor’s budget and policy proposals for the 2022 legislative session. We are now one month into the...
