Sign your name, save our schools
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 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 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho announced June 8 that the grassroots organization has filed a federal lawsuit against Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
When Reclaim Idaho launched in the summer of 2017, the grassroots group hung its hat on three missions: strong public schools, protected public lands and …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho now has its sights set on education, as the nonpartisan grassroots group launches the “Invest in Idaho” ballot initiative aimed at increasing investments …
By Luke Mayville
Special to the Reader
Once again, it’s time to clear up some confusion about “Reclaim Idaho” and what we’re all about.
Two years ago, a few friends …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho, the nonpartisan grassroots organization largely responsible for getting Medicaid expansion on the 2018 Idaho ballot, hosted a town hall July 23 in Sandpoint …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Two bills placing heightened requirements on the Idaho ballot initiative process are now in the hands of Governor Brad Little.
The established ballot initiative process …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Opponents of bills rewriting the rules on ballot initiatives rallied Saturday night at Matchwood Brewing.
Led by grassroots political organization Reclaim Idaho, the rally decried …
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