Event focused heavily on education, budgets By Ben OlsonReader Staff More than 100 people attended the third and final District 1 town hall gathering March 28 at Sandpoint Community Hall, hosted by Sen. Jim...
By Reader Staff Legislative Dist. 1 Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, and 1A Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint, will host their third in a series of legislative updates and town halls in Bonner and Boundary counties,...
Budget cuts, ISP trooper pay and energy project permitting on the agenda By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-SagleReader Contributor We are getting closer to the end of the session and closer to having a budget...
Keeping elected officials honest at all levels By Stan NormanReader Contributor There is a disturbing trend developing in the Idaho Legislature. Several bills have been introduced in the House that would effectively take power...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The filing deadline for candidates running for county, local and district offices in the Tuesday, May 19 primary election is fast approaching, with materials required to be submitted by 5...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Competition is the heartbeat of representative democracy. Idaho shows what happens when one party faces no real check. The Republican supermajority has turned the Legislature into a pipeline for extremism,...
Candidates file for LD1 Statehouse seats Ballots will feature names familiar from past primary, general elections By Zach HagadoneReader Staff With the filing deadline to seek office in the Tuesday, May 19 primary election...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff With the filing deadline in the May 19 Idaho primary set for Friday, Feb. 27, the field of candidates is filling after Scott Herndon announced that he would seek the...
By Reader Staff Legislative Dist. 1 Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, and 1A Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint, will host their second in a series of legislative updates and town halls in Bonner and Boundary counties,...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Dist. 1 Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle, has officially announced his campaign for re-election to the Idaho Legislature, tossing his hat in the ring for the Tuesday, May 19 Republican primary....
