By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor Greetings. The Legislature is in its 10th week. Nearly 400 House bills and 170 Senate bills have been introduced. Approximately 70 resolutions and memorials have been written,...
By Reader Staff Members of the Idaho District 1 legislative delegation will host their final town hall of the 2025 Idaho Legislature on Friday, March 15, with events in Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint and Priest...
By Bob McKeon Reader Contributor Well, are you all paying attention yet? Fifty million of our tax dollars just got stripped from us and our underfunded public schools by our deaf governor. The majority...
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor We are in the middle of the legislative session and, to no one’s surprise, there are a considerable number of bills being printed every day. Some of...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Among the many casualties of our present calamitous day is the quality of nuance. Power has a way of flattening the variability of ideas, regardless of whether that power...
By Kelly McGrath Reader Contributor As a family medicine physician in rural Idaho, I have had the privilege of caring for Idaho families for more than three decades. I have celebrated their milestones and...
By Zach Hagadone Thousands of people gathered in all 50 states Feb. 17 to demonstrate against President Donald Trump in a series of “Not My President’s Day” protests. That included about 60 people in...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Members of the Idaho House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted unanimously Feb. 19 to advance House Bill 158 with a “do-pass” recommendation, putting it to the full body...
By Lauren Necochea Reader Contributor Democracy is not guaranteed. Every generation must defend it. Today, we face the greatest threat to American democracy in modern history: Donald Trump’s second term. Just weeks in, he...
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle Reader Contributor A few weeks back, I mentioned that funding of private schools with public money would be a significant policy question this legislative session. With five proposals so...
