Legislative update: Bill-drafting season
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-SandpointReader Contributor The 2026 Legislative session starts on Jan. 12, so it’s time for drafting bills and preparing for advocacy work in the Capitol. Last month I wrote about a...
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Legislative update
Preparing for January By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-SandpointReader Contributor Greetings, The cold weather is upon us. For legislators, it’s time to finalize plans for the 2026 legislative session in Boise. I keep a running...
Lakes Commission fall meeting will include LPO economic impact analysis
By Reader Staff The Lakes Commission will hold its fall meeting Thursday, Oct. 30, with a full agenda in the first-floor conference room of the Sandpoint Center (414 Church St.). Beginning with an introduction...
National ‘education choice’ groups ‘step in to defend’ ID private school tax credit in court
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Days after a coalition of Idaho public education advocates and individuals filed a lawsuit Sept. 17 challenging the state’s new private education tax credit program, the Indianapolis-based Partnership for Educational...
Dist. 1 update
Efforts continue on Albeni Falls Dam, lake level issues By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-SandpointReader Contributor With the fall season upon us, I thought it was time to give an update of an important issue...
New lawsuit challenges Idaho’s private school tax credit program
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Idaho’s controversial private school tax credit program is being challenged in court, with a lawsuit announced Sept. 17 in Boise arguing that House Bill 93 is unconstitutional. According to Idaho...
Save Our Schools town halls to focus on effects of public funding for private education
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The statewide nonprofit organization Save Our Schools will bring a series of town halls to North Idaho, inviting attendees to learn “about the harms” of House Bill 93, which lawmakers...
Major mea culpa
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Consider this the largest “correction” the Reader has ever published — and, horror of horrors, it’s because of something the editor (me) screwed up. (True fact: Rarely anyone edits the...
Doctors left Idaho after abortion ban, study confirms
By Kyle PfannenstielIdaho Capital Sun Idaho lost more than a third of its practicing obstetrician doctors after the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect, a new study published in a peer-reviewed academic journal confirms....
Lakes Commission survey intends to get a picture of Pend Oreille’s economic impact
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The Lakes Commission has launched a survey asking respondents to describe their relationship with Lake Pend Oreille and gauge how it affects the local economy. Available at Bit.ly/SurveyLPO, the questionnaire...
