SCOTUS places stay on Idaho education funding initiative
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho’s education funding ballot initiative effectively met its end July 30, when the Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay on the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho’s education funding ballot initiative effectively met its end July 30, when the Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay on the …
The office of the Idaho secretary of state issued a communication to all 44 county clerks in the state late May 22, informing them that the deadline for absentee ballot …
By Gabrielle Duebendorfer
Reader Contributor
I recently read “The Contagion of Fear” by Chuck Baldwin on Idaho District 1 Rep. Heather Scott’s face book page. The article claims coronavirus is …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Gov. Brad Little issued a “stay-at-home” order for the enter state of Idaho at a press conference in Boise on Wednesday, March 25.
“Today I …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: In the early morning of Aug. 21, 1992, six U.S. Deputy Marshals moved onto a steep, mountainous piece of property off of Ruby …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Idaho’s 6-percent grocery tax will remain in effect following an Idaho Supreme Court decision.
A battle between the Idaho legislative and executive branches ended in …
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