Let Idahoans decide
By Kent Ivanoff Reader Contributor In business, I believe the best ideas rise to the top. It’s the foundation of a free market — an open arena where innovation, competition and consumer choice determine...
Tagged: Republican Party
Project 2025 agenda will harm Idaho families
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor Our nation was founded on the enduring principles of freedom, personal liberty and the opportunity to leave a better life for our children. However, the proposals within...
Republican party bosses double down on extreme agenda
By Rep. Lauren Necochea, D-Boise Reader Contributor “We the People” are the beginning words of the U.S. Constitution. They speak to the guiding principles of our country. Similarly, political parties create platforms to express...
Parking lot tussle following May 21 primary leads to battery, property damage charges
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff Drama followed swiftly after the May 21 primary election, when reports surfaced online of a physical altercation involving Spencer Hutchings, who had just failed to win the Republican nomination...
Cruel party
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Of all the self-immolations in modern politics, Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes the cake. Or should I say dog treat? Noem is a firebrand acolyte of former-President...
Let’s put a spotlight on Idaho for the right reasons
By Ed Morse Reader Contributor Idaho once again made national headlines for the wrong reasons. Collegiate athletes from the University of Utah women’s basketball team experienced hate and racial slurs from individuals in North...
Idaho Freedom Foundation quietly hired alt-right propagandist to help shape messaging
By Daniel Walters InvestigateWest This story was first published by InvestigateWest on Dec. 11, 2023. In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, Va., then-talk radio host...
The Idaho Open Primaries initiative explained
By Ben Olson Reader Staff As its opening salvo in Idaho politics, Reclaim Idaho successfully gathered enough signatures to place a Medicaid expansion initiative onto the 2018 ballot, which reportedly allowed for more than...
‘I wasn’t elected by the precinct leaders of the BCRCC’
By Luke Omodt, County Commissioner, Dist. 3 Reader Contributor During their summer meeting, the Idaho GOP adopted Rule XX, which states: “The Idaho Republican Party is a private organization dedicated to the promotion of...
Woodward will seek Dist. 1 Senate seat
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff As candidates have filed to run for local office in the November election, Jim Woodward has his eye on the May 2024 Republican primary, announcing Sept. 7 that he...
