2026 year in preview
What could be in the coming year By Reader Staff While it may be a fool’s errand to predict the future, we’ve been doing it at the Reader every year since 2020 — getting...
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Democrat Terri Pickens announces bid for Idaho governor’s office
By Reader Staff Though the 2026 election is about a year away, Boise lawyer and small business owner Terri Pickens announced Nov. 10 that she would seek the office of Idaho governor. Running as...
Notes in the margin
By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-Sandpoint Reader Contributor Later this week, Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke will be in town to talk with our students and school staff about the Idaho Launch program. It’s a grant/scholarship...
Malek steps back from lt. gov. race
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff The race for Idaho lieutenant governor has gotten significantly smaller (and more interesting), with the announcement Nov. 21 via Twitter by candidate Luke Malek that he would drop out...
HJR4 just makes sense
By Idaho House Speaker Scott Bedke and House Minority Leader Representative Ilana Rubel Reader Contributors The ballots submitted by the Republican speaker of the House and the Democratic leader of the House will probably...
Rep. Scott reinstated to committee assignments
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff District 1 Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, was restored to her committee assignments Wednesday morning after a punitive four-week suspension. The North Idaho lawmaker, who began her sophomore term this...
Scott punishment provokes fallout
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff It’s been a week of attacks and counterattacks in the Idaho House of Representatives following Rep. Heather Scott’s loss of her committee positions. The Blanchard Republican was stripped of...
