An integral process
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As ballots were still being counted across the country in the tight presidential race that has widely been projected as a win for former-Vice President …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
As ballots were still being counted across the country in the tight presidential race that has widely been projected as a win for former-Vice President …
By Shawn Keough
Special to the Reader
The first day of school for students in the Lake Pend Oreille School District is just about five weeks away. Gov. Brad Little …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
The Idaho State Board of Education voted Monday, April 6 to extend the soft closure of all public school buildings in the state through the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
It seems Idaho’s longest-serving female senator won’t have to give up her passion for improving the state’s public education system anytime soon.
Idaho Gov. Brad …
By Sen. Shawn Keough
Reader Contributor
The official voters’ guide from the State of Idaho for November’s ballot contains several arguments against Proposition 2 (Medicaid Expansion) that are false or …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Both relief and poignancy define Shawn Keough’s final year as District 1 Idaho state senator.
Relief comes at the thought that she isn’t facing a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
Long-time Hope resident Mark Heisel is a registered Republican.
While he holds economic and social beliefs that may traditionally fall on the bluer end …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
When it comes to the 2018 legislative session, moderate lawmakers and self-described liberty legislators — the deeply conservative wing of the Republican Party — envision …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: In last week’s political article we discussed some of the factors that contributed to a building of mistrust for the federal government after …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Cecil Andrus, Idaho’s longest-serving governor and former U.S. secretary of the interior, passed away last week. We asked several local residents about their memories and …
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