By Ben OlsonReader Staff While the nation popped champagne corks and checked out for the long holiday weekend on Dec. 31, 2025, House Republicans quietly released the transcript of special counsel Jack Smith’s Dec....
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Editor’s note: Brenden Bobby is taking a week off, but he’ll return soon. Oil has been big in the news lately, and specifically the vast oil reserves in Venezuela. This...
Looking ahead to the 2026 session By Rep. Mark Sauter, R-SandpointReader Contributor Greetings, Monday, Jan. 12 is the start of the 2026 Idaho legislative session. However, a more than usual amount of legislative activity...
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...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Idaho is building community schools because they work. This evidence-based model is linked to better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems and stronger academic outcomes. But now the Trump regime has canceled...
Recapping some of the biggest headlines of the year… pray for us By Zach HagadoneReader Staff At the end of the introductory paragraph in the 2024 “Year in Review,” we congratulated Reader readers on...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor For generations, Idaho Democrats have protected the places that make this state what it is. We believe our public lands belong to all of us, not just the highest-bidding billionaires. ...
By Sandy ComptonReader Columnist As we approach the new year, we might remember that in spite of the craziness of politics — or maybe because of it — we who live in the United...
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-BoiseReader Contributor When is a seemingly benign piece of legislation deceptive? When it has a poison pill planted within it to facilitate an ulterior motive. This growing tactic is a...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Good governance depends on accountability. Idaho just got a hard reminder of why. The nonpartisan Office of Performance Evaluations released a 129-page evaluation of the Idaho Home Learning Academy, a...
