Lt. Gov. under fire after posted photo
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Newly-installed Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is under fire for posing in a photo with conservative activists making hand gestures that some interpret to be …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Newly-installed Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is under fire for posing in a photo with conservative activists making hand gestures that some interpret to be …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Idaho House killed a bill last week that would have raised the minimum age to get married in Idaho to 16 years old and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A bill that would make it harder for voters to qualify ballot initiatives in Idaho has advanced to receive a hearing.
Sen. C. Scott Grow …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
An Idaho bill would make it legal for anyone with an enhanced concealed carry permit to possess a firearm on public school grounds.
Rep. Chad …
By Sen. Maryanne Jordan
Reader Contributor
Rep. Sue Chew is helping fight soaring drug prices by expanding who can donate unused medications and what organizations can receive them. On Monday, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Rep. Sage Dixon, R-Ponderay, and Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, held a town hall gathering Saturday to update locals on the current legislative session, including the …
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.…
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 …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
District 1 Rep. Heather Scott is aiming to go toe-to-toe with the federal government in defining the legality of abortion in Idaho.
Scott, R-Blanchard, and …
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