Reclaim Idaho film screening at the Panida
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
From the grassroots organization that brought Idahoans the successful ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in the state comes a documentary film about that 2018 effort, …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
From the grassroots organization that brought Idahoans the successful ballot initiative to expand Medicaid in the state comes a documentary film about that 2018 effort, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Idaho Supreme Court ruled Aug. 23 that a 2021 law to heighten the signature requirements for placing citizens’ initiatives on the ballot violated Idahoans’ …
By Clark Corbin
Idaho Capital Sun
Officials with Reclaim Idaho have asked the state to issue a revised financial analysis of their updated ballot initiative language, a state official said. …
By Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho filed a ballot initiative with the Idaho secretary of state April 28 called the Quality Education Act — an initiative that the grassroots group said …
By Luke Mayville
Special to the Reader
In military terms, a “smoke screen” is a cloud of smoke used to hide the movement of military units such as infantry or …
By Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho has since June been locked in a high-stakes legal battle with Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney over whether the grassroots …
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 Luke Mayville,
Reclaim Idaho co-founder
Special to the Reader
For the next 40 days, Idahoans across the state will do something they’ve never done before: Add their electronic signatures…
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A federal judge is cracking down on the state of Idaho after Gov. Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney chose not to follow …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The ballot initiative for education funding from Reclaim Idaho will no longer be on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic after a federal judge ruled …
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