Idaho politicos react to Trump impeachment trial
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For the second time in his so-far single four-year term, former-President Donald Trump weathered an impeachment trial, being acquitted Feb. 13 by the U.S. Senate …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
For the second time in his so-far single four-year term, former-President Donald Trump weathered an impeachment trial, being acquitted Feb. 13 by the U.S. Senate …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Ron McIlnay is known among his Bonners Ferry neighbors as a Vietnam veteran who works tirelessly to make sure his fellow servicemen and women have …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
North Idaho residents have a chance to get up to speed on the issues at a series of town halls with U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo.…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Nurse practitioners Jane Hoover and Cynthia Dalsing traveled to Washington, D.C., last month for the 2018 American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Health Policy Conference. There, …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce announced it would take trade actions against imports of Canadian softwood lumber into the U.S. that violate fair trade laws.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, is once again courting controversy after sharing an article on Facebook defending white nationalism.
A response to the violent clashes in …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) recently delayed the vote on the Republican leadership’s attempt at repealing the Affordable Care Act until after the July …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
A schism is forming between Idaho Republicans over whether the party should support its presidential nominee, Donald Trump, following his recent scandals.
Shortly after the …
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