By Reader Staff Editor’s note: Kaylee Peterson has been campaigning as a Democrat against Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher since 2022. Amid a swing through 10 counties in Idaho in 10 days, she visited...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Trump administration walked back a temporary pause on a swath of federal loans and grants Jan. 29, adding a coda to more than 24 hours of nationwide chaos...
By Lauren Neccochea Reader Contributor Every legislative session, we see whether our leaders protect freedoms, lift families and plant seeds for stronger futures. The opening week of the 2025 session highlighted the sharp contrast...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The Reader has never published its own endorsements of candidates. The closest we’ve ever come to doing so was actually a dis-endorsement I wrote of Reader co-founder and editor-emeritus...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff We’ve been publishing the “Year in Review” for a while now, and every installment seems to get bigger and bigger. Maybe that’s because there’s always more and more news,...
By Lauren Necochea Reader Staff Idahoans deserve a government that works for them, not one that is sold to the highest bidder. When elections and legislative processes are for sale, we get governance more...
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff It has been an unexpected honor and pleasure to have been invited twice in the past year to travel the 400-plus miles south to Caldwell and present to students...
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor Idaho Democrats are underdogs fighting for underdogs. We want strong public schools in every neighborhood, not just affluent towns. We want the next generation to have career...
By Emma Stanford Reader Contributor By failing to fund child care, state GOP leaders are failing Idaho families — and failing our economy. Healthy families are the backbone of a healthy economy, without question....
Compiled by Zach Hagadone, Ben Olson and Soncirey Mitchell Publisher’s note: Before each election, the Sandpoint Reader reaches out to candidates in state and local contested races to ask questions about how they would...
