Clash at the top
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Idaho has seen no shortage of news at the intersection of politics and the pandemic, between endless critiques of the state’s coronavirus response to numerous …
Tagged: idaho politics
Reclaim Idaho files Quality Education Act initiative
By Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho filed a ballot initiative with the Idaho secretary of state April 28 called the Quality Education Act — an initiative that the grassroots group said …
Legislative recap
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Special to the Reader
The 2021 Idaho legislative session is complete, for now at least. For the first time in our 130 years of statehood, …
Best or worst legislative session in Idaho history? That depends on whom you ask
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 …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Even from almost 500 miles away, the tension at the Idaho Statehouse is palpable as the Legislature continues into its near-historic time in session — …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As the Idaho Legislature steams toward meeting or exceeding its previous record for number of days in session — reaching 101 days on April 21, …
Here we have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Only twice before has the Idaho Legislature been in session as long as it has in 2021. In 2003, lawmakers sat for a record 118 …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Lawmakers in Boise gaveled back into session April 6 after an 18-day recess prompted by an outbreak of COVID-19 among a number legislators and staffers; …
Here We Have Idaho
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
The big tax cut
Idaho House members approved on strict party lines a $389 million tax cut for state ratepayers, which proponents said would provide …
Initiative bill passes Senate as opposition grows
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As opposition mounts to an Idaho Senate bill that would tighten requirements for placing a citizens’ initiative on the ballot, the measure passed the chamber …
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